Habton is a

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, England. In 2011, it had a population of 321. 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

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History

The name "Habton" means 'Hab(b)a's farm/settlement'. Both

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and Little Habton was recorded in the

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as ''Abbetune''/''Abetune''/''Habetun''. Both Habtons and Ryton were formerly

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s 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, the three hamlets were civil parishes in their own right, on 1 April 1986 the parishes of Great Habton, Little Habton and Ryton were abolished and merged to form Habton.

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Civil parishes in North Yorkshire {{NorthYorkshire-geo-stub

History

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