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 below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...

about 18 miles from

York York is a cathedral city with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a ...

, now in the parish of

Habton Habton is a civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. In 2011, it had a population of 321. History The name "Habton" means 'Hab(b)a's farm/settlement'. Both Great and Little Habton was recorded in the Domesday Book a ...

, in the

Ryedale Ryedale is a non-metropolitan district in North Yorkshire, England. It is in the Vale of Pickering, a low-lying flat area of land drained by the River Derwent. The Vale's landscape is rural with scattered villages and towns. It has been inh ...

district, in the county of

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, England. In 1961 the parish had a population of 103.

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 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manus ...

as ''Abbetune''/''Abetune''/''Habetun''. Great Habton was formerly a

township A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, C ...

in the parish of

Kirby Misperton Kirby Misperton is a small village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England and has a population of around 370. Geography It is about south from Pickering by road and about north from Malton, just west of the A1 ...

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

and Ryton to form Habton.

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Villages in North Yorkshire Former civil parishes in North Yorkshire Ryedale {{NorthYorkshire-geo-stub