Little Habton Explained

Country:England
Static Image:Habton Grange Farm at Little Habton - geograph.org.uk - 214438.jpg
Static Image Caption:Habton Grange Farm
Coordinates:54.1855°N -0.8551°W
Official Name:Little Habton
Unitary England:North Yorkshire
Lieutenancy England:North Yorkshire
Region:Yorkshire and the Humber
Civil Parish:Habton
Os Grid Reference:SE7477

Little Habton is a hamlet and former civil parish, now currently in the parish of Habton, in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. In 1961, it had a population of 59.[1]

History

The name "Habton" means 'Hab(b)a's farm/settlement'.[2] Little Habton was recorded in the Domesday Book as Abbetune/Abetune/Habetun.[3] Little Habton was formerly a township in the parish of Kirby Misperton,[4] from 1866, Little Habton was a civil parish in its own right,[5] on 1 April 1986 the parish was abolished and merged with Great Habton and Ryton to form Habton.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Total population. Vision of Britain. en. 16 August 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20160426003008/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10429584/cube/TOT_POP. 26 April 2016.
  2. Web site: Great and Little Habton Key to English Place-names. University of Nottingham. 7 October 2020.
  3. Web site: Place name: Little Habton, Yorkshire Folio. The National Archives. 16 August 2022.
  4. Web site: Parishes: Kirkby Misperton. British History Online. 8 October 2020.
  5. Web site: Relationships and changes Little Habton CP/Tn through time. A Vision of Britain through Time. 17 August 2022.
  6. Web site: The Ryedale (Parishes) Order 1985. Local Government Boundary Commission for England. 13 December 2021.

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