Moreton
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Moreton may refer to the following places:
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In Australia:
- Division of MoretonDivision of MoretonThe Division of Moreton is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. It is named after Moreton Bay. The electorate is a bellwether in elections, having voted for the party winning government at every...
, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in Queensland - Moreton BayMoreton BayMoreton Bay is a bay on the eastern coast of Australia 45 km from Brisbane, Queensland. It is one of Queensland's most important coastal resources...
, a large bay near Brisbane, Queensland- Moreton IslandMoreton IslandMoreton Island is a large sand island on the eastern side of Moreton Bay, on the coast of south-east Queensland, Australia. Moreton Island lies 58 kilometres northeast of the Queensland capital, Brisbane. The island is 95% National Park and a popular destination for four wheel driving, camping,...
, a large island within the bay - Cape MoretonCape MoretonCape Moreton is a rocky headland located at the north eastern tip of Moreton Island in South East Queensland, Australia. The surrounding area is part of the Moreton Island National Park. 5 km north-west of Cape Moreton is Flinders Reef....
, a rocky headland on the north eastern tip of Moreton Island
- Moreton Island
In England and Wales:
- Moreton, DorsetMoreton, DorsetMoreton is a village in Dorset, England, situated on the River Frome eight miles east of Dorchester. The village has a population of 270 . It has a number of long distance foot paths and cycle ways passing through it: the Purbeck cycle way, Route 2 , the Frome valley trail, the Jubilee trail, and...
- Moreton, EssexMoreton, EssexMoreton is a village in the Epping Forest district of the County of Essex, England. It is located 7.2 miles east of Harlow and 3.2 miles north-west of Chipping Ongar....
- Moreton-in-MarshMoreton-in-MarshMoreton-in-Marsh is a town and civil parish in northeastern Gloucestershire, England. The town is at the crossroads of the Fosse Way Roman road and the A44. The parish and environs are relatively flat and low-lying compared with the surrounding Cotswold Hills...
, Gloucestershire - Moreton, Herefordshire
- Moreton, OxfordshireMoreton, OxfordshireThere are several places in Oxfordshire called Moreton :*The two neighbouring villages of North and South Moreton in the old Moreton Hundred....
:- North MoretonNorth MoretonNorth Moreton is a village and civil parish about east of Didcot. It was part of Wallingford Rural District in Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to the new South Oxfordshire District of Oxfordshire....
- South MoretonSouth MoretonSouth Moreton is a village and civil parish in England about three miles east of Didcot. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire and from the former Wallingford Rural District to the new district of South Oxfordshire.-History:Moretune in the Domesday...
- Moreton, Thame, OxfordshireMoreton, Thame, OxfordshireMoreton is a hamlet southwest of Thame in Oxfordshire, England.-History:Moreton has been in existence as long as Thame, being mentioned with it in the Domesday Book of 1086....
- North Moreton
- Moreton, MerseysideMoreton, MerseysideMoreton is a town on the north coast of the Wirral Peninsula, England. In the 2001 Census, it had a population of 17,670 ....
- Moreton, StaffordshireMoreton, StaffordshireMoreton is a small rural village in Staffordshire, England. It lies south-west from Gnosall railway station, and south-east from Newport, both on the Stafford and Shrewsbury section of the former London and North Western Railway.- Description :...
- Moreton, Pembrokeshire
See also
- Moreton CorbetMoreton CorbetMoreton Corbet is a small village in Shropshire, England, in the civil parish of Moreton Corbet and Lee Brockhurst. Its name refers to the Corbet Baronets, the local landowners....
, Shropshire - Moreton HallMoreton HallMoreton Hall is a Grade Two listed Georgian styled Edwardian house, built in the early 1900s and located in Moreton Morrell, Warwickshire, England...
, a Grade II listed building in Moreton Morrell, Warwickshire - Moreton Hall SchoolMoreton Hall SchoolMoreton Hall School is an independent boarding and day school for girls aged 4 to 18 and boys aged 4 to 11 years, situated in North Shropshire four miles from the historic market town of Oswestry. Founded in 1913, Moreton Hall is looking forward to its centenary celebrations in 2012/13...
, a school in North Shropshire - Moreton Hall (Suffolk)Moreton Hall (Suffolk)Moreton Hall is a Grade II* listed building in Bury St. Edmund's, a market town in the county of Suffolk, England. It was designed by the English architect Robert Adam and built in 1773 as a country house for John Symonds , a clergyman and Professor of Modern History at Cambridge University. The...
, a Grade II* listed building in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk - Moreton JeffriesMoreton JeffriesMoreton Jeffries is a hamlet in the English county of Herefordshire. It is situated off the A465 between Stoke Lacy and Burley Gate, approximately 8½ miles north-east of Hereford. It has a medieval church, which has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building, and is under...
, Herefordshire - Moreton MorrellMoreton MorrellMoreton Morrell is a village and civil parish in the county of Warwickshire, England. It is part of the historic hundred of Kington and is located about three and a half miles north west of the village of Kineton. The settlement was first mentioned in the Domesday Book as Moreton. From at least...
, Warwickshire - Moreton Paddox, Warwickshire
- Moreton PinkneyMoreton PinkneyMoreton Pinkney is a village and civil parish in South Northamptonshire, about north of Brackley.-Parish church:The earliest evidence of Christianity in the parish is a fragment of an Anglo-Saxon stone cross in the churchyard of the Church of England parish church of St Mary the Virgin...
, Northamptonshire - Moreton SayMoreton SayMoreton Say is a small village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is sometimes spelled as Moreton Saye. The civil parish, which also covers the hamlets of Longford and Longslow, had a total population of 429 at the 2001 census....
, Shropshire - Moreton Valence, Gloucestershire
- Moreton-in-MarshMoreton-in-MarshMoreton-in-Marsh is a town and civil parish in northeastern Gloucestershire, England. The town is at the crossroads of the Fosse Way Roman road and the A44. The parish and environs are relatively flat and low-lying compared with the surrounding Cotswold Hills...
, Gloucestershire - Moreton on Lugg, Herefordshire
- Little Moreton HallLittle Moreton HallLittle Moreton Hall is a moated 15th and 16th-century half-timbered manor house southwest of Congleton, Cheshire. It is one of the finest examples of timber-framed domestic architecture in England. The house is today owned by the National Trust. It has been designated by English Heritage as a...
, Cheshire - North MoretonNorth MoretonNorth Moreton is a village and civil parish about east of Didcot. It was part of Wallingford Rural District in Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to the new South Oxfordshire District of Oxfordshire....
, Oxfordshire - South MoretonSouth MoretonSouth Moreton is a village and civil parish in England about three miles east of Didcot. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire and from the former Wallingford Rural District to the new district of South Oxfordshire.-History:Moretune in the Domesday...
, Oxfordshire - MoretonhampsteadMoretonhampsteadMoretonhampstead lies on the edge of Dartmoor and is notable for having the longest one-word name of any place in England. The parish church is dedicated to St. Andrew. George Oliver and John Pike Jones , 1828, Exeter: E. Woolmer. Moretonhampstead is twinned with Betton in France.-History:The...
, Devon - Moretonmill, Shropshire