Orton Explained

Orton may refer to:

Places

England

• Orton, Eden, Cumbria, a village and civil parish
• Orton, Carlisle, Cumbria, a parish
• Orton, Northamptonshire, a village and civil parish
• Orton, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
• Orton, Staffordshire, a hamlet

Elsewhere

• Orton Cave, Ardery Island, Antarctica
• Orton Island, Queensland, Australia
• Orton, Alberta, Canada, a hamlet
• Orton, Ontario, Canada, a small community
• Orton, Moray, Scotland, a hamlet, OS grid ref NJ3152
• Orton, West Virginia, United States, an unincorporated community
• Orton Park, Madison, Wisconsin, United States, a park on the National Register of Historic Places

People

• Orton (surname)
• Orton Chirwa (1919–1992), Malawian lawyer and politician, Malawi's Minister of Justice and Attorney General
• Orton Grain (1863—1930), Canadian physician and politician
• Randy Orton, professional wrestler (nicknamed Orton)

Other uses

• Orton (photography), a photography technique
• Orton Ceramic Foundation

See also

• Great Orton, Cumbria (near Carlisle)
• Little Orton, Cumbria (near Carlisle)
• Orton on the Hill, Leicestershire, England, a village
• Orton Plantation, a plantation house on the US National Register of Historic Places
• Water Orton, Warwickshire
• Oreton (disambiguation)