English Explanatory Dictionary

Hambleton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A place in England:
  2. A former local government district in North Yorkshire, created 1 April 1974 and abolished 1 April 2023.
  3. A village and civil parish in Wyre district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD3742).
  4. A hamlet in Bolton Abbey parish, North Yorkshire, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SE0553).
  5. A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE5530).
  6. A hamlet in Cold Kirby parish, previously in Ryedale district and Kilburn High and Low parish, previously in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE5283).
  7. A village and civil parish on a peninsula in Rutland Water, Rutland (OS grid ref SK9007). The village is also known as Upper Hambleton, the name used on OS maps.
  8. A small town in Tucker County, West Virginia, United States.
  9. A habitational surname from Old English.

Pronunciation

/ˈhæm.bəl.tən/

Word forms

Hambleton Hambletons

Etymology

From Old English hamel (“crooked (hill)”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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