{{Short description|Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England}} {{distinguish|Hetton-le-Hole}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}} {{Use British English|date=December 2017}} {{Infobox UK place |country = England |coordinates = {{coord|54.301130|-0.918050|display=inline,title}} |official_name = Hutton-le-Hole |static_image_name = HuttonLeHole2.jpg |static_image_width = |static_image_caption = The village green, Hutton-le-Hole |population = 151 |population_ref = ([[2011 Census for England and Wales|2011 census]])<ref>{{NOMIS2011|id=1170217256|title=Hutton-le-Hole Parish|accessdate=16 November 2018}}</ref> |civil_parish = Hutton-le-Hole | unitary_england = [[North Yorkshire (district)|North Yorkshire]] | lieutenancy_england = [[North Yorkshire]] | region = Yorkshire and the Humber |constituency_westminster = [[Thirsk and Malton (UK Parliament constituency)|Thirsk and Malton]] |post_town = YORK |postcode_district = YO62 |postcode_area = YO |dial_code = |os_grid_reference = SE705900 }} '''Hutton-le-Hole''' is a small village and [[civil parish]] in [[North Yorkshire]], England, about {{convert|7|mi}} north-west of [[Pickering, North Yorkshire|Pickering]]. It is a popular scenic village within the [[North York Moors National Park]].
==History== The village appears in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086 as Hoton.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Powell-Smith |first1=Anna |title=Hutton [le Hole] {{!}} Domesday Book |url=http://opendomesday.org/place/SE7090/hutton-le-hole/ |website=opendomesday.org |accessdate=16 November 2018}}</ref> Since then it has been known as Hege-Hoton, Hoton under Heg and Hewton. The name Hutton-le-Hole means ''place of the burial ground near the hollow'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chrystal |first1=Paul |title=The Place Names of Yorkshire; Cities, Towns, Villages, Rivers and Dales, some Pubs too, in Praise of Yorkshire Ales |date=2017 |publisher=Stenlake |location=Catrine |isbn=9781840337532 |page=47 |edition=1}}</ref> but the full name appears only in the 19th century.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dillon |first1=Paddy |title=The Cleveland Way and the Yorkshire Wolds Way |date=2016 |publisher=Cicerone |location=Milnthorpe |isbn=978-1-85284-823-1 |page=105 |edition=2}}</ref>
Near the end of the 13th century, the village was granted to [[St Mary's Abbey, York]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/north/vol1/pp524-529 |title=Parishes: Lastingham, Pages 524-529, A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 1. |accessdate=14 March 2021}}</ref>
In the 1600s the village was mainly inhabited by [[Quakers]] working as weavers or in agriculture.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.whitbyholidaypark.com/2014/04/hutton-le-hole.html |title=HUTTON LE HOLE |accessdate=14 March 2021}}</ref> The Quaker evangelist [[John Richardson (Quaker)|John Richardson]] died there in 1753 at the age of 87.<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Gerona |first1=Carla |title=Richardson, John (1667–1753) |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-23561 |accessdate=16 November 2018 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/23561 |date=23 September 2004}}</ref> About four miles away stands the [[Kirkbymoorside Quaker Meeting House]], built in 1690; it was much modified in 1790 and extended about 1810.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://heritage.quaker.org.uk/files/Kirkbymoorside%20LM.pdf |title=Friends Meeting House, Kirkbymoorside |accessdate=14 March 2021}}</ref> It remains a [[Listed building#Categories of listed building|Grade II listed building]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101149242-friends-meeting-house-at-rear-of-79-kirkbymoorside |title=FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE AT REAR OF 79 (West End) |accessdate=14 March 2021}}</ref> John Richardson was buried at the Meeting's burial site.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.englishtowns.net/kirkbymoorside/ |title=Kirkbymoorside |accessdate=14 March 2021 |archive-date=27 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027051036/http://www.englishtowns.net/kirkbymoorside/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> There was a Meeting House in Hutton-le-Hole as well, built in 1698 but turned into a residence in 1859. Interments there continued until 1868.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ryedalechristiancouncil.org.uk/HWeb/ryedalequakerpropertiess.pdf |title=QUAKER PROPERTIES AROUND RYEDALE |accessdate=14 March 2021}}</ref> [[File:The former school, Hutton-le-Hole - geograph.org.uk - 244403.jpg|thumb|The former school, now a self-catering holiday let (2006 photo)]] [[File:Hutton le hole sheep C9669.jpg|thumb|Sheep roam the village and graze wherever they wish]] By 1831, Hutton-le-Hole was part of the Anglican Lastingham parish. The "Township of Hutton-le-Hole" was receiving education funding from a charity owned by John Stockton in 1914.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/north/vol1/pp524-529 |title=Parishes: Lastingham, Pages 524-529, A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 1 |accessdate=14 March 2021}}</ref> The first schoolhouse was built in 1845 and replaced in 1875 by a Grade II listed building, but this is now a holiday let.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.whitbyholidaypark.com/2014/04/hutton-le-hole.html |title=HUTTON LE HOLE |accessdate=14 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gonorthyorkshire.co.uk/hutton-le-hole-holiday-cottages/ |title=Hutton le Hole Holiday Cottages North York Moors, North Yorkshire, Go Yorkshire |date=30 November 2020 |accessdate=14 March 2021}}</ref>
In 1901, the old building of the Zion Chapel still stood, but was no longer in use. The village bought it and pulled it down in 1934 when [[St Chad's Church, Hutton-le-Hole]], was built; this still stands and forms part of the Benefice of Lastingham. In earlier years, services had been held in the schoolhouse.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://huttonlehole.ryedaleconnect.org.uk/st-chads/ |title=Hutton-le-Hole, St Chad's Church |date=18 November 2010 |accessdate=14 March 2021}}</ref>
Altogether the village has 29 historical properties listed as Grade II, many of them dating from the 18th century.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thewhitbyguide.co.uk/11-unique-market-towns-and-villages-in-the-north-york-moors/ |title=11 Unique Market Towns And Villages In The North York Moors |accessdate=14 March 2021}}</ref> One is a [[K6 telephone kiosk]] designed in 1935, another a sundial installed in 1833.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/england/hutton-le-hole-ryedale-north-yorkshire#.YE41YJ1KhPY |title=Listed Buildings in Hutton-le-Hole, Ryedale, North Yorkshire |accessdate=14 March 2021}}</ref>
The [[world championships]] in the board game [[Nine men's morris]] took place annually at the Ryedale Folk Museum in Hutton-le-Hole until 1997.<ref name="merrill">{{Cite web |url=http://www.merrill.org/genealogy/games/boardgame.html |title=Merrills history |date=3 December 2009 |accessdate=7 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304204733/http://merrill.org/genealogy/games/boardgame.html |archivedate=4 March 2016}}</ref>
From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of [[Ryedale]]. It is now administered by the unitary [[North Yorkshire Council]].
==Tourism== In the Victorian period, gentry saw the village as "ill-planned and untidy" and "overcrowded [with] homes of weavers, smallholders and labourers.... Manure was piled everywhere and the beck was the common sewer."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/visiting/enjoy-outdoors/walking/our-walks/walking-routes/hutton-le-hole-and-lastingham |title=Hutton le Hole and Lastingham |work=North York Moors National Park |accessdate=14 March 2021}}</ref>
Hutton-le-Hole now features among the "20 most beautiful villages in the UK and Ireland" according to [[Condé Nast Traveler]] and is much visited.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cntraveller.com/gallery/beautiful-villages-uk |title=THE 20 MOST BEAUTIFUL VILLAGES IN THE UK AND IRELAND, 20 October 2020 |date=20 October 2020 |accessdate=14 March 2021}}</ref> It has a large pay-and-display car park at the north end.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/coronavirus-covid-19/car-parks-and-toilets |title=Car Parks and Toilets|work=North York Moors National Park |accessdate=14 March 2021}}</ref> The National Park Authority recommends visits to the Hutton le Hole Craft Workshops and Ryedale Folk Museum, followed by a two-mile walk to Lastingham and its ancient church, St Mary's.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/nl/visiting/enjoy-outdoors/walking/our-walks/walking-routes/hutton-le-hole-and-lastingham |title=Hutton le Hole and Lastingham |work=North York Moors National Park |accessdate=14 March 2021}}</ref>
The museum covers 13 rescued and reconstructed historic buildings, including an [[Iron Age]] round house, period shops, thatched cottages, an Elizabethan manor house, barns and workshops, to display the lives of ordinary people up to the present day. There is a cafe, a shop, a gift shop, and in season craft workshops.<ref name=muse>{{Cite web |title=Ryedale on the Net |url=http://www.ryedale.co.uk/ryedale/villages/huttonlehole/huttonlehole.html |accessdate=17 February 2016}}</ref> The folk museum also has the photographic studio of William Hayes, believed to be the oldest daylight photographic studio in England, set up in the early 20th century.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Snapshot of the past in historic photo studio |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/snapshot-of-the-past-in-historic-photo-studio-1-6966344 |accessdate=16 November 2018 |work=The Yorkshire Post |date=22 September 2014}}</ref> The studio was built in 1902 in Monkgate, York, and donated to the museum in 1991.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ryedalefolkmuseum.co.uk/taking-a-photograph-the-edwardian-way/ |title=TAKING A PHOTOGRAPH THE EDWARDIAN WAY |accessdate=14 March 2021}}</ref>
==Geography== [[File:Bridge over the beck, Hutton le Hole - geograph.org.uk - 1522736.jpg|thumb|Pedestrian bridge]] Hutton-le-Hole lies in Ryedale on the southern edge of the North York Moors, just {{convert|4|km|order=flip}} north of [[Kirkbymoorside]] and the [[A170 road]].<ref>{{Cite map |title=North York Moors – Western area |map=OL26 |year=2016 |scale=1:25,000 |series=Explorer |publisher=Ordnance Survey |isbn=978-0319242650}}</ref> The hamlet of Lastingham is {{convert|1.5|mi}} north-east of the village,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Genuki: In 1822, the following places were in the Parish of Lastingham:, Yorkshire (North Riding) |url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/NRY/Lastingham/more |website=www.genuki.org.uk |accessdate=16 November 2018}}</ref> with the [[Tabular Hills Walk]] passing through both places.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Dillon |first1=Paddy |title=The Cleveland Way and the Yorkshire Wolds Way |date=2016 |publisher=Cicerone |location=Milnthorpe |isbn=978-1-85284-823-1 |page=5 |edition=2}}</ref>
The stream Hutton Beck wends its way through the middle of the village, criss-crossed by footpaths and wooden bridges.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Andrews |first1=Robert |last2=Brown |first2=Jules |last3=Lee |first3=Phil |last4=Humphreys |first4=Rob |title=The rough guide to England |date=2011 |publisher=Rough Guides |location=London |isbn=978-1-84836-601-5 |page=[https://archive.org/details/roughguidetoengl0000unse/page/753 753] |edition=9 |url=https://archive.org/details/roughguidetoengl0000unse/page/753}}</ref> One of the bridges was replaced in 2002 by the [[North York Moors National Park Authority]] when pedestrian traffic across increased dramatically, after the village green was designated as a right of way.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Popular bridge replaced |work=The Northern Echo |date=5 August 2002 |id={{ProQuest|329042225}}}}</ref> The stream splits the village green, whose grass is kept short by sheep.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hutton le Hole and Lastingham: North York Moors National Park |url=https://www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/visiting/see-and-do/attractions/hutton-le-hole |website=northyorkmoors.org.uk |accessdate=16 November 2018}}</ref> Hutton Beck flows into the [[River Rye, Yorkshire|River Rye]] via Catter Beck and the [[River Seven]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Catter Beck/Hutton Beck from source to River Seven |url=https://environment.data.gov.uk/catchment-planning/WaterBody/GB104027068550 |website=environment.data.gov.uk |accessdate=16 November 2018}}</ref>
==See also== *[[Listed buildings in Hutton-le-Hole]]
==Gallery== <gallery mode="packed" heights="120px" style="text-align:left"> Hutton-le-Hole JF.jpg|Image along Fairy Call beck Hutton le hole C9676.jpg|Dwellings on the village green and beck Hutton le hole 124113.jpg|On the village green and beck Pinfold in Hutton-le-Hole.jpg|Village [[Animal pound|pinfold]] HuttonLeHole1.jpg|Shops in Hutton-le-Hole Hutton le hole JF2.jpg|Snow in 2021 Outside of Ryedale museum.jpg|Outside [[Ryedale Folk Museum]] HLH snow.JPG|Hutton-le-Hole and Hutton Beck in the snow </gallery>
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== *{{Commons category-inline}} *[http://www.northyorks.com/hutton-le-hole.htm Hutton-le-Hole]
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