Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HAMBLETON

HAMBLETON, a hamlet in Barkby parish, Leicestershire; 3 miles NE of Leicester. It belonged to William de Hambleton, grandson of the first Earl of Leicester; is alleged, by some, to have given rise to the Scottish ducal family of Hamilton; and gives the title of Viscount Hamilton to the Marquis of Abercorn.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Barkby AP/CP       Leicestershire AncC
Place: Hamilton

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