Hambleton

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English

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Etymology

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

Proper noun

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Hambleton (countable and uncountable, plural Hambletons)

  1. (uncountable) A place in England:
    1. A former local government district in North Yorkshire, created 1 April 1974 and abolished 1 April 2023.
    2. A village and civil parish in Wyre district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD3742).
    3. A hamlet in Bolton Abbey parish, North Yorkshire, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SE0553). [1]
    4. A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE5530).
    5. 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).
    6. 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. [2]
  2. A small town in Tucker County, West Virginia, United States.
  3. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

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  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Hambleton is the 17229th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1644 individuals. Hambleton is most common among White (92.27%) individuals.

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