Great Habton is a village and former
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
about 18 miles from
York
York is a cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England, with Roman Britain, Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire, Ouse and River Foss, Foss. It has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a Yor ...
, now in the parish of
Habton, in the county of
North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in Northern England.The Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority areas of City of York, York and North Yorkshire (district), North Yorkshire are in Yorkshire and t ...
, England. In 1961 the parish had a population of 103.
It was part of the
Ryedale
Ryedale was a non-metropolitan district in North Yorkshire, England. It was in the Vale of Pickering, a low-lying flat area of land drained by the River Derwent, Yorkshire, River Derwent. The Vale's landscape is rural with scattered villages ...
district between 1974 and 2023. It is now administered by
North Yorkshire Council
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.
Amenities
Great Habton has a church called St Chad and a pub called The Grapes Inn.
History
The name "Habton" means 'Hab(b)a's farm/settlement'. Great Habton was recorded in the
Domesday Book
Domesday Book ( ; the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of William the Conqueror. The manuscript was originally known by ...
as ''Abbetune''/''Abetune''/''Habetun''. Great Habton was formerly a
township
A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries.
Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
in the parish of
Kirby Misperton
Kirby Misperton is a small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England and has a population of around 370.
It is about south from Pickering by road and about north from Malton, just west of the A169 road.
From 1974 to 2023 the vi ...
, from 1866 Great Habton was a civil parish in its own right, on 1 April 1986 the parish was abolished and merged with
Little Habton and
Ryton to form Habton.
See also
*
Listed buildings in Habton
References
External links
Villages in North Yorkshire
Former civil parishes in North Yorkshire
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