LITTLE HABTON is a township of Kirby Misperton, 2 miles north from Amotherby station and 5 north-west from Malton, in Malton union. Robert Metcalfe esq. is lord of the manor. The principal landowner is Abraham. Farrer esq. The soil is a rich loam and sandy, mixed with clay; the subsoil, sand and clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats. The area is 468 acres of land and 5 of water; rateable value, £552; the population in 1911 was 36.