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Gorton
Gorton is an area of the city of Manchester in North West England, southeast of the city centre. The population at the 2011 census was 36,055. Neighbouring areas include Longsight and Levenshulme.
A major landmark is Gorton Monastery, a 19th century High Victorian Gothic former Franciscan friary.
Gorton (surname)
Gorton is a surname which translates in English as "dirty farm", and may refer to:
- Andy Gorton
- Assheton Gorton
- Bettina Gorton
- Don Gorton
- Frank Gorton
- Gary Gorton
- George Gorton
- Jeff Gorton
- Jeffrey Gorton
- John Gorton, Australian Prime Minister
- John Gorton (writer) (died 1835), English compiler
- Lewis G. Gorton
- Mark Gorton, American CEO
- Nathaniel M. Gorton, American judge
- Neville Gorton
- Samuel Gorton, religious leader in colonial New England
- Slade Gorton (born 1832), co-founder of Gorton's of Gloucester
- Slade Gorton, United States Senator from Washington
- Stephen Wesley Gorton