Winton
Winton is generally a surname, being derived from various places in Britain. Winton may be the name of:
People
- The Bishop of Winchester, whose style and signature is "Winton." an abbreviation of Wintoniensis (meaning 'of Winchester')
- The Earl of Winton, a Scottish noble title formerly held by the Setons, now by the Montgomeries
- Alexander Winton (1860–1932), Scottish-born US businessman, founder of the Winton Motor Carriage Company
- Dale Winton (b. 1955), British TV presenter
- John Winton (1931–2001), British author, mainly of nautical books
- Nicholas Winton (1909–2015), British humanitarian, nicknamed the British Schindler
- Tim Winton (b. 1960), Australian author
- Tony Winton, president of the News Media Guild
Fictional characters
- The House of Winton, the ruling royal family of the Star Kingdom of Manticore in Honorverse
Places
Australia
- Winton, Queensland, a town in Queensland
- Winton, Victoria, near Benalla, Victoria
- Winton Motor Raceway in Winton, Victoria
New Zealand
- Winton, New Zealand, a town in Southland, New Zealand
United Kingdom
- Winton, an archaic name for Winchester, the county town of Hampshire, England
- Winton, Hampshire, England, a village to the south west of the New Forest (see Norden's map of Hampshire on-line, 1595)
- Winton, Cumbria, England
- Winton, Dorset, a suburb of Bournemouth, England
- Winton, East Sussex, England
- Winton, Greater Manchester, a small village on the outskirts of Eccles, near Manchester, England
- Winton, North Yorkshire, a hamlet near Northallerton, England
- Winton House, Pencaitland, East Lothian, the ancient seat of the Earls of Winton
- (Winton), denoting post-nominal letters of a University of Winchester alumni
United States
- Winton, California
- Winton, Minnesota
- Winton, North Carolina
- Winton, Wyoming
- Winton Woods, Ohio
- Places on the National Register of Historic Places
Other
- 19384 Winton, an asteroid named for Nicholas Winton
- Winton Engine Company, from 1930 part of General Motors (now Electro-Motive Diesel)
- Winton Motor Carriage Company, an automobile manufacturer in the USA from 1896 to 1924, founded by Alexander Winton
- Winton Capital Management, a London-based commodity trading advisor, founded by David Harding
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