Merton may refer to:

People

Merton (surname) Merton is a surname of English origin. Notable people with the surname include: * Alice Merton (born 1993), Canadian-British-German-Irish singer-songwriter * Don Merton (1939–2011), New Zealand conservationist * Ernst Merton (1848–1920), Am ...

* Merton (given name) * Merton (YouTube), American YouTube personality

Fictional characters

* Merton Matowski, an alternate name for "Moose" Mason, an Archie Comics character * Lord Merton, in the British television series ''Downton Abbey'' * The title character of ''

The Mrs Merton Show ''The Mrs Merton Show'' was a mock talk show starring Caroline Aherne as the elderly host Mrs Dorothy Merton. Originally portrayed as 'Mrs. Murton' in a pilot for Yorkshire TV which was not picked up, Caroline Aherne retooled the character, ma ...

'', a British television series

Places

Australia

* Merton (New South Wales), a farm located near Denman, in the Hunter Region * Merton, Victoria, a town ** Merton railway station * Merton, Tasmania, part of Glenorchy

England

London Borough of Merton The London Borough of Merton () is a borough in Southwest London, England. The borough was formed under the London Government Act 1963 in 1965 by the merger of the Municipal Borough of Mitcham, the Municipal Borough of Wimbledon and the Mert ...

Merton, London (parish) Merton is an ancient parish historically in Surrey, but which has since 1965 been part of Greater London (under its current name Merton Priory). It is bounded by Wimbledon to the north, Mitcham to the east, Morden, Cheam and Cuddington (Worcest ...

Merton, Devon Merton is a village, ecclesiastical parish, former manor and civil parish administered by the local government district of Torridge, Devon, England. The parish, which lies about five miles south east of the town of Great Torrington, is surroun ...

, a village, ecclesiastical parish, former manor and civil parish *

Merton, Norfolk Merton is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of and had a population of 113 in 50 households at the 2001 census, increasing to a population of 133 in 56 households at the 2011 census. For the purposes of local ...

, a civil parish * Merton, Oxfordshire, a village and civil parish

New Zealand

* Merton, New Zealand, a farming community

United States

* Merton Township, Steele County, Minnesota ** Merton, Minnesota, an unincorporated community * Merton Township, South Dakota * Merton, Wisconsin, a town * Merton (village), Wisconsin, a village partially within the town

Other uses

Merton College, Oxford Merton College (in full: The House or College of Scholars of Merton in the University of Oxford) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Its foundation can be traced back to the 1260s when Walter de Merton, c ...

, one of the colleges of the University of Oxford ** Merton Field, a grass playing field south of Merton College *

Merton Street Merton Street is a historic and picturesque cobbled street in central Oxford, England.

, Oxford * Merton College, London, formerly a further education college, as of 2009 the Merton campus of South Thames College *

Battle of Meretun The Battle of Meretun (or Merton) between a West Saxon army led by King Æthelred and his brother, the future King Alfred the Great, and a Danish army took place on 22 March 871 at an unknown location in Wessex, probably in one of the modern c ...

or Morton, fought in 871 between the Saxon army of Wessex and the Danish Great Heathen Army * The Merton, a high-rise development located in Kennedy Town, Hong Kong *

Viscount Merton A viscount ( , for male) or viscountess (, for female) is a title used in certain European countries for a noble of varying status. In many countries a viscount, and its historical equivalents, was a non-hereditary, administrative or judicial ...

, a UK title