The hamlet of Upper Ogden, in Greater Manchester Wikimedia Commons
A hamlet is a rural settlement smaller than a village, consisting of a few residential homes, usually without services, shops or a place of worship.[1] [2] Groups of hamlets and villages, and their adjacent lands, are organised into parishes Smallest administrative unit in England. , the smallest administrative unit in England, known as communities in Wales and Scotland.[3]
The word hamlet is derived from the Old French hamelet .[4]
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