English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Hambleton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Skipton

Historical Forms

  • Hameldun(e) 1152–5 YChvii 1155 Bolt 1198 YChvii
  • Hamelton 1295 BltComp24d 1304 Whit 1539 AOMB
  • Hamylton 1540 MinAcct

Etymology

Hambleton, Hameldun (e )1152–5 YCh vii, 1155 Bolt 56, 1198 YCh vii, Hamelton 1295BltComp 24d, 1304 Whit 388, 1539AOMB , Hamylton 1540MinAcct . 'Mutilated or scarred hill', v. hamol , dūn (replaced by tūn 'farm', as frequently happens with this type of hill-name). Cf. Hameldon 83infra , Hambleton iv, 28.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name