Quinton may also refer to:
Places
United Kingdom
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Quinton, Birmingham
Quinton is a suburb and Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom, ward of Birmingham, in the county of the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England, west of the city centre. Formerly part of Halesowen parish, Quinton became part ...
, a western suburb and Birmingham City Council ward
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Quinton, Northamptonshire
Quinton is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England. It is about south of Northampton town centre along the road from Wootton to Hanslope, near Salcey Forest.
The village's name means 'Queen's farm/settlement'; or perhaps ...
, a village and civil parish
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Quinton, Warwickshire
Quinton is a civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district of Warwickshire, England, about six miles south of Stratford-upon-Avon. According to the 2001 Census it had a population of 1,503, increasing to 1,968 at the 2011 Census. The paris ...
, a civil parish containing Lower Quinton and Upper Quinton (formerly in Gloucestershire)
United States
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Quinton, Alabama
Quinton is an unincorporated community in Walker County, Alabama, United States, located south-southeast of Dora. Quinton has a post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting l ...
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Quinton Township, New Jersey
Quinton Township is a township in Salem County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 2,580, a decrease of 86 (−3.2%) from the 2010 census count of 2,666, which in turn reflecte ...
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Quinton (CDP), New Jersey
Quinton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Quinton Township, in Salem County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[Quinton, Oklahoma
Quinton is a town in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,051 at the 2010 census. The town was named for Elizabeth Quinton, who lived to be 116 years old. Her family still resides in and around the town of Quinton. Web ...]
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Quinton, Virginia
Quinton is a small unincorporated community in New Kent County, Virginia, United States. It is located on State Route 249 in the western portion of the county.
Crump's Mill and Millpond and New Kent High School and George W. Watkins High Sch ...
Elsewhere
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Quinton, Saskatchewan
Quinton ( 2016 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Mount Hope No. 279 and Census Division No. 10. The village is located on Highway 15 between the Town of Raymore and the Village ...
, Canada
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Quinton Point
Quinton Point () is a point at the north side of the entrance to Perrier Bay, forming the northwest extremity of Goten Peninsula on the northwest coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica. First charted by the French Antarct ...
, Anvers Island, Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica
Other uses
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Quinton (name)
Quinton is either a surname or a masculine given name.
The English surname and given name may refer to the place name Quinton, from Old English ''cwen'' "queen" or ''cwene'' "woman" and ''tun'' "farmstead, estate". The French surname ''Quinton'' ...
, surname and a masculine given name.
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Quinton (musical instrument)
The quinton is a bowed musical instrument, in use mostly in France in the 18th century (between 1730 and 1789). It takes its name from the fact that, in ensembles, it played the ''quinta vox'' or quintus. Another derivation of the name may be f ...
, 18th-century bowed musical instrument
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Quinton Township School District
The Quinton Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Quinton Township in Salem County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
As of the 2023–2 ...
, a public school district in Salem County, New Jersey, US
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Quinton House School
Quinton House School is a co-educational private school for children aged 2 to 18 years located in Upton, Northampton, England. The school is owned and operated by the Cognita Group.
History
Quinton House School is situated in the Grade I li ...
, Upton, Northampton, England
* Quinton, a
Modron
Modron ("mother") is a figure in Welsh tradition, known as the mother of the hero Mabon ap Modron. Both characters may have derived from earlier divine figures, in her case the Gaulish goddess Matrona. She may have been a prototype for Morgan ...
character in ''Dungeons and Dragons''
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Middle Quinton
Middle Quinton is the name given by the developers St. Modwen Properties and The Bird Group to a proposed new eco-town near Long Marston in Warwickshire, England.
On 3 April 2008 the UK government announced the proposal had been shortlisted ...
, a proposed eco-town in Warwickshire, England
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Quentin (disambiguation) Quentin is a primarily male given name.
Quentin or Quentins may also refer to:
* Quentin (surname)
* HMS ''Quentin'' (G78), a Second World War destroyer
* Quentin, Pennsylvania, a census-designated place
* '' Quentins'', a 2002 novel by Maeve B ...
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Quintin
Quintin (; ) is a commune in the Cotes-d'Armor department (Brittany region) in the northwest of France from Saint-Brieuc, the department capital.
History
The area around Quintin has been occupied since the Neolithic. Early Quintin was origina ...
, a commune in France
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