Great Habton
{{Short description|Village in North Yorkshire, England}}
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| unitary_england = North Yorkshire
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| region = Yorkshire and the Humber
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Great Habton is a village and former civil parish about 18 miles from York, now in the parish of Habton, in the county of North Yorkshire, England. In 1961 the parish had a population of 103.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10429572/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Great Habton CP/Tn through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain|accessdate=8 October 2020}}
It was part of the Ryedale district between 1974 and 2023. It is now administered by North Yorkshire Council.
Amenities
Great Habton has a church called St Chad{{cite web|url=https://mkmbparishes.co.uk/st-chads-great-habton/|title=St. Chad's, Great Habton|publisher=Kirby Misperton & Middleton parishes|accessdate=8 October 2020}} and a pub called The Grapes Inn.{{cite web|url=http://www.thegrapes-inn.co.uk/|title=The Grapes Inn, Great Habton|publisher=The Grapes Inn, Great Habton|accessdate=8 October 2020}}
History
The name "Habton" means 'Hab(b)a's farm/settlement'.{{cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Yorkshire%20NR/Great%20and%20Little%20Habton|title=Great and Little Habton Key to English Place-names|publisher=University of Nottingham|accessdate=7 October 2020}} Great Habton was recorded in the Domesday Book as Abbetune/Abetune/Habetun.{{cite web|url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7311325|title=Place name: Great Habton, Yorkshire Folio|publisher=The National Archives|accessdate=8 October 2020}} Great Habton was formerly a township in the parish of Kirby Misperton,{{cite web|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/north/vol2/pp444-449|title=Parishes: Kirkby Misperton|publisher=British History Online|accessdate=8 October 2020}} from 1866 Great Habton was a civil parish in its own right,{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10429572|title=Relationships and changes Great Habton CP/Tn through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=8 October 2020}} on 1 April 1986 the parish was abolished and merged with Little Habton and Ryton to form Habton.{{cite web|url=https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/lgbce/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/12097/ryedale-parishes-order-1985.pdf|title=The Ryedale (Parishes) Order 1985|publisher=Local Government Boundary Commission for England|accessdate=13 December 2021|archive-date=23 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223044900/https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/lgbce/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/12097/ryedale-parishes-order-1985.pdf|url-status=dead}}
See also
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Category:Villages in North Yorkshire
Category:Former civil parishes in North Yorkshire
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