BURTON, in geography, the name of two market-towns, the one in Staffordshire, and the other in Lincolnshire; the former being situated about 18 miles east of Stafford, in 1° 36' W. long. and 52° 40' N. lat.
N. lat. and the latter, thirty miles north of Lincoln, in 40° W. long. and 53° 40' N. lat.