English: habitational name from any of several places named
Hambleton, Hambleden, or Hambledon, in particular Hambleton in
Lancashire, which is named from Old English hamel ‘crooked
(hill)’ + tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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