jan 1, 1599 - hamlet

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In the past, in Yorkshire, the township or townships which made up the parish frequently had subdivisions with their own identity and some degree of autonymy: these were called hamlets. 1339 <i>In campo de Lewynthorp hamelett de Thorneton,</i> Bradford (YRS39/106); 1464 ‘in Northland <i>hammelett</i> of the vill of Ryssheworth’ (YRS120/146); 1522 <i>in the</i> <i>hamelett of Harlogate</i>, Knaresborough (SS104/17); 1599-1600 <i>a messuage called Toftshae or Toftshawe being part of a hamlet of the same name, </i>Hunsworth (DD/SR/9/27); 1621 <i>Netherthwonge is a Hamlett within the Towneshippe of Meltame ... knowne by diverse auncyent meares and boundes</i> (G-A). These hamlets were territories, not groups of houses, although small settlements may have existed within their boundaries. The Toftshaw example suggests that the hamlet derived its name from the settlement but the reverse might also be true. See WYAS238.

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