Hambleton, ENG - Postcode - YO8 9YB

Hambleton, Lancashire

Hambleton is a settlement and civil parish in the English county of Lancashire. It is situated on a coastal plain called the Fylde and in an area east of the River Wyre known locally as Over Wyre. Hambleton located around 3 miles (4.8 km) north-east of its post town, Poulton-le-Fylde, and about 7 miles (11 km) north-east of the coastal resort of Blackpool. In the 2001 United Kingdom census, the parish had a population of 2,678, growing to 2,744 at the 2011 census

History

Hambleton was documented as Hameltune in the Domesday Book of 1086 and as Hamelton in the 12th century. At the time of the Norman conquest of England in 1066, Hambleton was a minor township in the ancient hundred of Amounderness, in the property of King Harold II's brother Earl Tostig. [4] The territory of the township was estimated as two carucates or ploughlands.  Historically, Hambleton was part of the ecclesiastical parish of Kirkham and the parishioners would have worshipped at the church of St Michael, roughly 10 miles (16 km) distant from Hambleton. A chapel of ease had been built in the settlement by the 16th century, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary

Hambleton, district, administrative county of North Yorkshire, northern England, historic county of Yorkshire. Northallerton, the largest town, is the administrative centre.

It comprises part of the Cleveland Hills, whose southern extension is known as the Hambleton Hills, from which the district receives its name. The hills constitute the west-facing escarpment of the North York Moors, which rise to more than 1,000 feet (305 metres) and flank the rich lowland corridor—10 to 15 miles (16 to 24 km) wide—of the Vales of Mowbray and York. That sheltered lowland of clay soils is rich agricultural territory, with several villages and small market towns.

After the partial colonization of the clay land by Anglian and Danish farmers, it was repeatedly laid waste in succeeding years by the Normans and then by the Scots. Northallerton, Thirsk, Bedale, and Easingwold all flourished as market towns thanks to agricultural advancements in the 18th century, but they stalled out in the 19th.

Tourists visit the villages established by the Angles that are now found in the eastern hills that make up North York Moors National Park. Located in the Hambleton region, Stokesley is now a residential neighborhood of Middlesbrough. Mechanization in agriculture has led to the loss of jobs for many people, although Northallerton and Thirsk, located close to the better road connection with the Teesside towns and the north, offer opportunities in the light industrial sector.