Habton is a civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England.

[1] The name "Habton" means 'Hab(b)a's farm/settlement'.

[2] Both Great and Little Habton was recorded in the Domesday Book as Abbetune/Abetune/Habetun.

[3][4] Both Habtons and Ryton were formerly townships in the parish of Kirby Misperton,[5] from 1866, the three hamlets were civil parishes in their own right,[6] on 1 April 1986 the parishes of Great Habton, Little Habton and Ryton were abolished and merged to form Habton.

[7] This Ryedale location article is a stub.