Hutton-Buscel (St. Matthew)
HUTTON-BUSCEL (St. Matthew), a parish, in
the union of Scarborough, Pickering lythe, N. riding
of York; containing 811 inhabitants, of whom 506 are
in the township, ½ a mile (N. by E.) from Wykeham, and
34 (N. E.) from York. This parish, which derives its
name from having been anciently the "High town of the
Buscel or Bushel family," is on the road from Scarborough to York, and comprises by computation, with
West Ayton township, 3510 acres, of which about 1000
are moor and woodland, and the remainder arable and
pasture. The surface is in some parts very elevated,
and the scenery highly picturesque, and enriched by the
windings of the Derwent, which flows through the parish
on the east. Good limestone is quarried for building
and agricultural purposes. The manor was purchased
of G. Osbaldeston, Esq., by the Hon. Marmaduke
Langley, in 1839. The living is a vicarage, valued in
the king's books at £14. 17. 6.; net income, £320;
patron, Earl Fitzwilliam; impropriator, the Hon. M.
Langley. The tithes were commuted for land and an
annual money payment in 1790. The church is an
ancient edifice, with a square tower; in the churchyard
is a curious pillar. There is a place of worship for
Wesleyans.
Hutton-Conyers
HUTTON-CONYERS, an extra-parochial liberty,
in the wapentake of Allertonshire, though locally
in that of Hallikeld, N. riding of York, 1¾ mile (N.
N. E.) from Ripon; containing 190 inhabitants. This
place was anciently the residence of a branch of the
Conyers family, whose Hall appears to have been on the
north side of the village, in a field still called the Hallgarth. It comprises 3059a. 2r. 3p.: the village is pleasantly situated upon a bold acclivity on the north bank
of the Ure. The inhabitants attend the new church at
Sharrow, on the West riding side of the river.
Hutton-Cranswick (St. Peter)
HUTTON-CRANSWICK (St. Peter), a parish, in
the union of Driffield, Bainton-Beacon division of the
wapentake of Harthill, E. riding of York; consisting
of the townships of Hutton-Cranswick, Rotsea, and Sunderlandwick; and containing 1228 inhabitants, of whom
1154 are in the township of Hutton-Cranswick, 3½ miles
(S.) from Driffield. This place is thought to have been
more considerable than it is at present, and there are
four or five mansions the moats around which still remain; the neighbourhood was the arena of fierce engagements between the Saxons and Danes, and traces
of a fortified camp exist at Hutton. The parish comprises by computation 6230 acres, of which 4710 are in
the township. It is bounded on the east by the navigable river Hull, on which are extensive flour-mills, and
by which the produce is shipped to the Humber; the
surface is boldly undulated, and the higher grounds command views over the Wolds and of Holderness. The
villages of Hutton and Cranswick are within half a mile
of each other, the former on an eminence, and the latter
in a vale, and are neatly built and well inhabited. The
living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's
books at £15. 8. 6½.; net income, £130, with a house;
patron, Lord Hotham. The tithes were commuted for
land and a money payment in 1769. The church, supposed to have been built in the reign of Henry III., is a
handsome structure in the later English style, with a
lofty embattled tower, and contains an ancient Norman
font ornamented with sculpture. There are places of
worship for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists.
Hutton-Hang
HUTTON-HANG, a township, in the parish of
Fingall, union of Leyburn, wapentake of HangWest, N. riding of York, 3¼ miles (E. by N.) from
Middleham; containing 43 inhabitants. This township,
which comprises about 580 acres, is divided into High
and Low, and gives name to the two wapentakes of
Hang-East and Hang-West: the river Ure passes on
the west and south.
Hutton-Henry
HUTTON-HENRY, a township, in the parish of
Monk-Hesleton, union of Easington, S. division of
Easington ward, N. division of the county of Durham,
1½ mile (S.) from Castle-Eden, and 12 (N. by W.) from
Stockton-on-Tees; containing 287 inhabitants. It
comprises about 1900 acres of arable and pasture, with
about 100 acres of wood; the soil, in some parts a
strong clay loam, is generally poor moory land, but
capable of much improvement. The scenery embraces
fine sea-views, and the air is very salubrious. Limestone
is quarried; and at Hart Bushes, Messrs. Metcalfe,
Wilson, Seame, and Co., opened a deep shaft for a coalmine in 1843: the produce is shipped at Hartlepool.
The village stands on rising ground in the centre of
the township, and the Stockton and Sunderland road
passes on the east. The vicarial tithes have been commuted for £232. 18. 1., of which £162. 18. are payable
to the vicar of the parish, and £70 to the vicar of Hart.
There is a place of worship for Roman Catholics, built
in 1824, by the Rev. Thomas Augustin Slater.
Hutton-In-The-Forest (St. James)
HUTTON-IN-THE-FOREST (St. James), a parish,
in the union of Penrith, Leath ward, E. division of
Cumberland; containing 264 inhabitants, of whom 165
are in the township, 5 miles (N. W.) from Penrith. The
parish comprises 2300a. 12p.; 1880 acres are arable,
320 pasture and meadow, and 100 woodland. The
living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books
at £18. 12. 8½.; net income, £123; patrons, the Dean and
Chapter of Carlisle. A school was founded in 1715, by
Thomas Fletcher, Esq., and others, and endowed with
land producing about £20 per annum.
Hutton-I'-Th'-Hay.—See Scalthwaiterigg.
HUTTON-I'-TH'-HAY.—See Scalthwaiterrigg.
Hutton-John
HUTTON-JOHN, a township, in the parish of
Greystock, union of Penrith, Leath ward, E. division of the county of Cumberland, 6 miles (W. S. W.)
from Penrith; containing 25 inhabitants. The tithes
have been commuted for a rent-charge of £9.
Hutton-Le-Hole
HUTTON-LE-HOLE, a township, in the parish of
Lastingham, union of Helmsley, wapentake of Ryedale, N. riding of York, 9 miles (N. W. by W.) from
Pickering; containing 272 inhabitants. It is situated
on the east side of the river Dove, and comprises 2860
acres, whereof 1800 are common or waste. The tithes
have been commuted for £43. 18. payable to the vicar,
and £93. 17. to the Archbishop of York. There are
places of worship for Independents and Wesleyans. John
Stockton, in 1839, left £10 per annum for the instruction of children.
Hutton-Locras
HUTTON-LOCRAS, a township, in the parish and
union of Guisborough, E. division of the liberty of
Langbaurgh, N. riding of York, 1½ mile (S. W. by S.)
from Guisborough; containing 57 inhabitants. This
place was granted by the Conqueror to Robert, Earl of
Morton, and was afterwards held by the family of de
Brus, from whom it passed to the Thwengs, by marriage.
The Hotons subsequently possessed property here; at
the Dissolution the estate was in the hands of the priory
of Guisborough, and came to the crown, since which
date it has passed through several families. The township forms part of the district called Cleveland, and
comprises 1510 acres: the hamlet is east of the road
from Guisborough to Stokesley. Here was an hospital
for lepers, dedicated to St. Leonard.
Hutton-Magnum
HUTTON-MAGNUM, a parish, partly in the union
of Teesdale, and partly in that of Richmond, wapentake of Gilling-West, N. riding of York; containing,
with the township of West Layton, 297 inhabitants, of
whom 209 are in the township of Hutton-Magnum, 3¼
miles (E. by S.) from Greta-Bridge. The township, including the hamlet of Lane-Head, comprises by computation 1500 acres, of which a portion may be classed
among the best and richest lands in the county; it is
chiefly the property of Sir Clifford Constable, Bart., who
is lord of the manor. At Lane-Head is an extensive
limestone-quarry. The living is a perpetual curacy, in
the patronage of the Vicar of Gilling, with a net income
of £52: the church is a plain structure.
Hutton-Mulgrave
HUTTON-MULGRAVE, a township, in the parish
of Lythe, union of Whitby, E. division of the liberty
of Langbaurgh, N. riding of York, 4¾ miles (W.)
from Whitby; containing 63 inhabitants. This manor,
called in Domesday book Hotune, was held under the
Earl of Morton at the time when that survey was taken;
the Mauleys subsequently owned the estate, and from
them it descended, through the Bigods, to the present
lord. The township comprises about 880 acres: the
hamlet lies in the southern extremity of the parish, about
three miles from the parochial church, and a short distance south of Mulgrave Castle.
Hutton, New
HUTTON, NEW, a chapelry, in the parish, union,
and ward of Kendal, county of Westmorland, 4 miles
(E. S. E.) from Kendal; comprising the districts or
places of Hay and Hutton-i'-th'-Hay, and the township of New Hutton; and containing 350 inhabitants,
of whom 148 are in New Hutton township. The
chapelry comprises 4489 acres, of which about 250 are
woodland; the surface is hilly and mountainous, the
soil various. The Kendal and Sedbergh road passes
through; and the Oxenholme station of the Lancaster
and Carlisle railway is distant only about two miles and
a half. A large reservoir which supplies the Kendal
and Lancaster canal, is situated partly in the chapelry.
The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £80, including a grant from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners,
patron, the Vicar of Kendal; impropriators, the Maste
and Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge. The tithes
of the college have been commuted for £123. 17. 9.;
there is neither glebe nor glebe-house. The chapel was
erected in 1739, and handsomely rebuilt in 1829 at a
cost of about £600, and contains 280 sittings, whereof
100 are free, the Incorporated Society having granted
£100 in aid of the expense of erection; it has a beautiful marble font, and the chancel window is bordered
with stained glass. A school is endowed with £5 per
annum.
Hutton, Old
HUTTON, OLD, a chapelry, in the parish, union,
and ward of Kendal, county of Westmorland, 4 miles
(S. E.) from Kendal; containing 488 inhabitants. This
place and Holmescales form a joint township; but the
latter, though united with Old Hutton in the poor's-rate
and in the partition of common rights, is a hamlet
forming the extreme point, east, of the parish of Burtonin-Kendal, and ecclesiastically belonging to it. The
township is situated on the higher Kirkby-Lonsdale
road, and on the river Bela, in ancient records Betha.
The old inclosed lands comprise 1827a. 1r. 9p. The
commons have lately been inclosed, and considerably
improved, some of the owners having planted trees, and
others tried drainage and plough cultivation to a rather
large extent: these lands comprise 1293a. 1r. 36p. The
surface of the township is undulated, being a succession
of well-wooded, gently rising, and well-cultivated little
hills; the views, also, are extensive and pleasing, extending to Morecambe bay on the west, and the Lake
mountains on the north. The soil is generally a light
sandy gritty loam, in provincial phrase, "sharp." At
the village of Bridge-End, on the Bela, is a small
worsted manufactory, long established; and at Holmescales is a bobbin-mill. Bleaze Hall, for several centuries the seat of the Batemans, was a large and elegant
mansion, which still retains traces of its former consequence in a fine oak-wainscoted room, dated 1624;
Hood-Ridding, another ancient mansion, has belonged
for more than two centuries to the family of Yates.
The living is a perpetual curacy, with a net income of
£98; patron, the Vicar of Kendal; impropriators, the
Master and Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge. The
tithes have been commuted for £104. 14. 8. A farm
belonging to the benefice, situated at Esgrigg-End, contains 19 acres, customary measure; and another at
Flodden Hill, in Holmescales, 18½ acres, same measure;
and an allotment of 13 statute acres has been added as
the share of common for both. A neat and commodious
parsonage was built in 1841 by the incumbent, the Rev.
Francis Whalley, aided by a grant of £200 from Queen
Anne's Bounty. The chapel, dedicated to St. John the
Baptist, was erected in 1628, and rebuilt in 1699; it is
a plain edifice, having square windows with mullions,
and a small eastern window which is a pure specimen
of the old English style: a burial-ground was consecrated in 1822. There is a place of worship for dissenters. A school, built and endowed in 1613 by Edward Milner, and rebuilt in 1753, has an income of
£19. 11. per annum; and a parochial lending library,
for the use of the minister and neighbouring clergy, was
founded in 1757 by the Associates of the Rev. Dr. Bray:
it consists of nearly 400 volumes. A small estate, producing £18 per annum, and supposed to have been
given by Roger Ward, of the township, is appropriated
to the poor; and there are some minor charities. On
the Bela, about a quarter of a mile west from the chapel,
is a cascade with a noble volume of water.
Hutton-Roof
HUTTON-ROOF, a township, in the parish of
Greystock, union of Penrith, Leath ward, E. division of Cumberland, 3¾ miles (S. E.) from Hesket-Newmarket; containing, with the hamlet of Newbiggin,
197 inhabitants, Here is a good freestone-quarry.
Hutton-Roof
HUTTON-ROOF, a chapelry, in the parish of
Kirkby-Lonsdale, union of Kendal, Lonsdale ward,
county of Westmorland, 3¼ miles (W. by S.) from
Kirkby-Lonsdale; containing 319 inhabitants. It comprises 2120 acres, of which 600 are in Hutton-Roof
Cragg; and contains blue and white freestone, and
several quarries of limestone. The living is a perpetual
curacy; net income, £80; patron, the Vicar of Kirkby-Lonsdale. The chapel, a small edifice, was built in
1757. A schoolroom was erected by subscription in
1773, and endowed by Thomas Chamney with £100.
Hutton-Rudby
HUTTON-RUDBY, a township, in the parish of
Rudby-in-Cleveland, union of Stokesley, W. division of the liberty of Langbaurgh, N. riding of York,
4½ miles (W. S. W.) from Stokesley; containing 911
inhabitants. This place, in Domesday book written
Hotun, was the property of Gospatrick, Earl of Northumberland, but on the rebellion of that noble was bestowed by the Conqueror upon the Earl of Morton: it
afterwards passed to the Meinells, who, in the time
of Edward I., held the estate under the Archbishop of
Canterbury by military service; and among subsequent
owners, mention occurs of the families of D'Arcy and
Conyers. The manor was once of considerable importance, and attached to it was a soke or liberty extending
over several adjacent places. The township comprises
2184a. 24p., of which 1213 acres are arable, 681 meadow,
29 wood, and 30 in roads, exclusive of 229 acres exempt
by prescription from the payment of tithes. The village, which is large, is pleasantly situated on the southern
acclivities of the dale of the Leven, and a bridge over
the river affords means of communication with Rudby:
many of the inhabitants are employed in various
branches of the linen manufacture. There are places of
worship for Primitive and Wesleyan Methodists. A free
school, founded in 1740, has an endowment.
Hutton, Sand
HUTTON, SAND, a chapelry, in the parish and
union of Thirsk, wapentake of Birdforth, N. riding
of York, 3 miles (W.) from Thirsk; containing 309 inhabitants. This district, which takes the prefix to its
name from the sandy nature of the soil, comprises 1315
acres, whereof 879 are arable, 374 meadow and pasture,
26 in plantations, and the remainder sites of buildings,
water, and waste. The village is neatly built, and situated on the road from Northallerton to Boroughbridge,
in a flat but richly-cultivated district in the vale of
Mowbray, about a mile from the river Swale, which
skirts the parish, and about two miles from the York
and Newcastle railway. The chapel, dedicated to St.
Mary, is a plain structure: the living is a perpetual
curacy; net income, £108; patron and appropriator,
the Archbishop of York. There is a place of worship
for Wesleyans. About a mile and a half from the
village is a pillar, placed on a massive pedestal, and
called Sand-Hutton Cross; it is supposed to be an
ancient boundary stone.
Hutton, Sand
HUTTON, SAND, a chapelry, in the parish of
Bossall, union of York, wapentake of Bulmer, N.
riding of York, 8 miles (N. E.) from York; containing
224 inhabitants. A neat and commodious chapel of
ease has been erected, at the expense of J. Walker, Esq.,
proprietor of the lands, in consideration of the distance
of the inhabitants from the parish church.
Hutton-Sessay
HUTTON-SESSAY, a township, in the parish of
Sessay, union of Thirsk, wapentake of Allertonshire, N. riding of York, 5¾ miles (N. W.) from
Easingwould; containing 114 inhabitants. It comprises
600 acres, and is situated to the north of a rivulet,
a tributary of the Swale: the village stands on an
eminence, surrounded by picturesque and well-wooded
scenery.
Hutton, Sheriff (St. Helen)
HUTTON, SHERIFF (St. Helen), a parish, partly
in the union of Malton, and partly in that of York,
wapentake of Bulmer, N. riding of York; containing,
with the townships of Cornbrough, Lillings-Ambo, and
Stittenham, 1316 inhabitants, of whom 955 are in the
township of Sheriff-Hutton, 10 miles (N. N. E.) from York.
This place is celebrated for its castle, erected in the time of
Stephen (1140) by Bertram de Bulmer, from whose family
it descended by marriage to the Nevilles, who held it
till the battle of Barnet, in 1471, when Richard Neville,
Earl of Warwick, was slain, and his estates confiscated.
Edward IV. bestowed it upon his brother, subsequently
Richard III., and it became the prison of Edward Plantagenet, who was confined within its walls until the
death of Richard on Bosworth-Field: the Princess Elizabeth of York, afterwards consort of Henry VII., was
also confined here. The castle and manor remained in
the hands of the crown till 1625, when they were
granted to the Ingrams. The ruins of the castle are of
quadrangular form, with a large open court in the centre,
and the angles flanked with high square towers; a considerable part of the warder's tower, over the eastern
gateway, still remains.
The parish comprises by measurement 8590 acres, of
which 4800 are in the township, and which, with the
exception of 120 acres of woodland and 260 waste, are
equally divided between arable and pasture. The surface is undulated; the soil generally of moderate quality,
but rich in the valley; and the scenery picturesque, embracing panoramic views including the Howardian hills,
the cathedral of York, &c. A charter for a market and
fair was granted in 1377, but neither had been held for
a considerable time previous to 1839, when two fairs
were established, one on Easter-Monday, and the other
on Martinmas-day. The village, anciently Hotune, displays the singular appearance of hill and valley, a deep
ravine running through the greater part of the main
street, and the houses and cottages being built high up
on each side. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued
in the king's books at £36, and in the patronage of the
Archbishop of York (the appropriator), with a net income of £194: the tithes were commuted for land in
1769. The church, a very ancient edifice, was appropriated to the priory of Marton, and granted at the
Dissolution to the see of York; it stands on an eminence, and consists of a nave, chancel, and aisles, with
a fine tower. The eastern window is large and of
handsome branching tracery, and a few fragments of
stained glass are preserved: in the north aisle is the
recumbent figure of a Knight Templar; and a monument of alabaster represents a young female, also recumbent. There are places of worship for Primitive
Methodists and Wesleyans; and a parochial school supported by subscription, aided by an endowment of £16
per annum.
Hutton-Soil
HUTTON-SOIL, a township, in the parish of Greystock, union of Penrith, Leath ward, E. division of
Cumberland, 6 miles (W. by S.) from the town of
Penrith; containing 359 inhabitants.
Huttons-Ambo (St. Margaret)
HUTTONS-AMBO (St. Margaret), a parish, in the
union of Malton, wapentake of Bulmer, N. riding of
York, 3 miles (N. E.) from Whitwell; consisting of
High and Low Hutton, and containing 408 inhabitants.
The parish is bounded on the east by the river Derwent,
and comprises by computation 2300 acres, chiefly arable,
with an intermixture of wood and meadow; the surface
is undulated, the soil of various quality, and the scenery
picturesque. The village of Low Hutton, or Huttonupon-Derwent, is on the banks of the river, and High
Hutton stands near the road from York to Malton.
The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £93;
patron, the Archbishop of York; impropriators, Lord
Macdonald, the Earl of Carlisle, and others. The tithes
were commuted for land in 1805. The church is small.
There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.
Huxham
HUXHAM, a parish, in the union of St. Thomas,
hundred of Wonford, Wonford and S. divisions of
Devon, 3¾ miles (N. N. E.) from Exeter; containing
150 inhabitants. This parish, which is situated on the
river Culm, comprises 765 acres; the soil is partly
sandy, and partly clay, and there are some valuable
mines of manganese. The living is a rectory, united to
that of Poltimore, and valued in the king's books at
£8. 6. 8.: the tithes have been commuted for £118,
and the glebe comprises 22 acres.
Huxley
HUXLEY, a township, in the parish of Waverton,
union of Great Boughton, Lower division of the hundred of Broxton, S. division of the county of Chester,
3¾ miles (W. by S.) from Tarporley; containing 279
inhabitants. The township comprises about 1300 acres,
of a clayey soil. The Chester canal passes on the south
side. Huxley Hall is a curious specimen of early architecture; the original ceilings in some of the apartments
are still preserved, exhibiting richly embossed groinings,
and the ancient stone mullions yet remain in the spacious windows. It is now a farmhouse. A rent-charge of
£135 has been awarded in lieu of tithes.
Huyton (St. Michael)
HUYTON (St. Michael), a parish, in the union of
Prescot, hundred of West Derby, S. division of Lancashire; containing, with the townships of Knowsley,
Roby, and Tarbock, 3749 inhabitants, of whom 1263
are in the township of Huyton, 7 miles (E.) from Liverpool. In the time of Edward the Confessor, the district was in the possession of two thanes. The Lathoms
were early proprietors, being mentioned in the reign of
Henry III. Isabella, the heiress of Sir Thomas Lathom,
brought a large portion of the property to Sir John
Stanley, and the heiress of another branch of the family
conveyed by marriage their estate here to the Harringtons: the heiress of the Harringtons married into the
family of Molineau, of New Hall. The parish comprises by measurement 10,063 acres, whereof 1755 are
in Huyton township. The land is principally arable;
about 2025 acres are woodland and park-grounds: the
surface is elevated and undulating, the soil various, the
air salubrious, and the scenery beautiful. The stream
anciently designated the Terbeck skirts the southern
verge of the parish; rising near Childwall, and passing
by Little Woolton and Tarbock, it descends into the
Mersey at Hale-Bank, in Halewood. A branch, also,
of the Alt, a small affluent of the Irish Sea, flows from
the vicinity of Huyton to the north-west, by Croxteth
Park. Coal, but of inferior quality, is raised; and to
the east of the village of Huyton, is an excellent slatequarry. A brewery, belonging to Mr. Barker, was established in 1825. The Liverpool and Manchester railway has stations at Huyton-Lane, Huyton-Quarry, and
Roby-Lane. In 1846 acts were passed for the construction of a railway from Huyton to Runcorn and Aston,
Cheshire, a line of 12 miles; another to Warrington,
also 12 miles; one to Prescot and St. Helen's, 5½ miles;
and one to Edge-Hill, 4½ miles.
The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the
king's books at £6. 9.; net income, £300, with a house;
patron, the Earl of Derby. The original church was of
considerable antiquity, having been granted to the priory
of Burscough, at the time of its foundation, by the first
Robert de Lathom. The oldest portion of the present
noble church is supposed to be a relic preserved at the
rebuilding in 1647. The structure is partly in the early
English style, and consists of a tower, nave, aisles, and
chancel; the body is divided from the aisles by low
strong circular columns with fluted mouldings bearing
semicircular arches: the east window and several others
are adorned with stained glass. The edifice was repaired in 1663; the present tower was built in the last
century, the interior enlarged in 1823, and the chancel
lengthened and improved in 1847. At Knowsley is a
separate incumbency. A place of worship for Independents was built in 1836. There is a school with an
endowment of £10 per annum, and other schools are
supported by subscription.