A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. This is often simply an informal description of a smaller settlement or possibly a subdivision or satellite entity to a larger settlement. Sometimes, a hamlet is defined for official or administrative purposes.
The word and concept of a hamlet can be traced back to Norman England, where the Old French hamelet came to apply to small human settlements.
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Gaboš (Serbian Cyrillic: Габош) is a village in Vukovar-Syrmia County, Croatia, with a population of 516. The settlement was originally established as a pustara, a Pannonian type of hamlet. Gaboš became a colonist settlement was established during the land reform in interwar Yugoslavia.
Little Wyrley is a hamlet in the Cannock Chase district, in the county of Staffordshire, England. It forms part of Norton Canes. In 1870-72 it had a population of 61 as recorded in the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales.
It borders the village of Great Wyrley, Norton Canes, and Pelsall.