Hamlet (place)

In geography a hamlet is a small settlement.

In British geography, a hamlet is defined ecclesiastically. It is a village that may or may not have its own church, but that does not form a parish in its own right.

Examples of UK hamlets that have articles on Wikipedia are:

• Ascott, Buckinghamshire
• Asheridge
• Askett
• Ballinger
• Boycott, Buckinghamshire
• Burcott, Bierton, Buckinghamshire
• Burcott, Wing, Buckinghamshire
• California, Buckinghamshire
• Dadford
• Heathrow, London
• Lamport
• Marsh, Buckinghamshire
• New Zealand, Buckinghamshire
• Petsoe Manor
• St Leonards, Buckinghamshire
• Tiddleywink
• Tylers Green
• Verney Junction
• Walton, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
• Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth

In other parts of the world a hamlet is simply a small inhabited place.

While it is generally an unofficial term in the US, in New York State and the Northwest Territories there are officially-designated municipalities, generally smaller than villages, classified as hamlets.