Habton
{{Short description|Civil parish in North Yorkshire, England}}
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{{Use British English|date=April 2018}}
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| official_name = Habton
| population = 321
| population_ref = (2011 census)
| unitary_england = North Yorkshire
| lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire
| region = Yorkshire and the Humber
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Habton is a civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. In 2011, it had a population of 321.{{cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11124094&c=Habton&d=16&e=62&g=6454943&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1429436946750&enc=1 |title=Neighbourhood Statistics |accessdate=2015-04-19 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304225252/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11124094&c=Habton&d=16&e=62&g=6454943&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1429436946750&enc=1 |archivedate=2016-03-04 }}
It was part of the Ryedale district between 1974 and 2023. It is now administered by North Yorkshire Council.
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}} Both Great and Little 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}}{{cite web|url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7316324|title=Place name: Little Habton, Yorkshire Folio|publisher=The National Archives|accessdate=16 August 2022}} Both Habtons and Ryton were formerly townships 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, the three hamlets were civil parishes in their 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 parishes of Great Habton, Little Habton and Ryton were abolished and merged 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
References
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Category:Civil parishes in North Yorkshire
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