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), Ameri ...

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

Fictional characters

Merton Matowski Marmaduke "Moose" Mason (often referred to as Big Moose) is a fictional character in the Archie Comics universe. He attends Riverdale High School where he is typically depicted as the best athlete but the poorest student. His difficulties with sc ...

, 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 Glenorchy is a suburb of Hobart, in the state of Tasmania, Australia. Glenorchy is bound by the River Derwent to the east, Mount Wellington to the west, Hobart City to the south and to the north. The city officially begins at Creek Road New ...

, 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 Merton ...

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 (Worceste ...

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 surr ...

, 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 g ...

, a civil parish *

Merton, Oxfordshire Merton is a village and civil parish near the River Ray, about south of Bicester in Oxfordshire, England. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 424. Archaeology In 1978 a Middle Bronze Age spearhead was found at West End Far ...

, a village and civil parish

New Zealand

* Merton, New Zealand, a farming community

United States

* Merton Township, Steele County, Minnesota **

Merton, Minnesota Merton is an unincorporated community in Merton Township, Steele County, Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the List of U.S. states and ...

, 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, ...

, one of the colleges of the University of Oxford **

Merton Field Merton Field is a grass playing field north of the main part of Christ Church Meadow and south of Merton College in central Oxford, England. To the west are Merton Walk and Christ Church, one of the Oxford colleges. To the east is the Univ ...

, 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 South Thames Colleges Group (STCG) is a large further education institution operating four colleges in south-west London: South Thames College, Kingston College, Merton College, and Carshalton College. The four main campuses are in Wandsworth, ...

, 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 ...

or Morton, fought in 871 between the Saxon army of Wessex and the Danish Great Heathen Army *

The Merton ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in ...

, 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