# Hammerton

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. The villages of Green Hammerton and Kirk Hammerton in North Yorkshire, England.
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
Recorded as Hambretone in the Domesday Book, 1086. Perhaps from Old English hamor (“hammer-sedge”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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