{{Short description|Civil parish in North Yorkshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | static_image_name = High Hutton - geograph.org.uk - 1579855.jpg | static_image_caption = High Hutton | coordinates = {{coord|54.113|-0.854|display=inline,title}} | official_name = Huttons Ambo | population = 270 | population_ref = (2011 census)<ref name="2011 census"/> | unitary_england = North Yorkshire | lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire | region = Yorkshire and the Humber | constituency_westminster = Thirsk and Malton | post_town = YORK | postcode_district = YO60 | postcode_area = YO | dial_code = | os_grid_reference = SE761677 | london_distance_mi = 190 | london_direction = south }} '''Huttons Ambo''' is a civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is about {{convert|14|mi|km|1}} north-east of York and {{convert|3|mi|km|1}} south-west of Malton. The civil parish of Huttons Ambo consists of the villages of '''High Hutton''' and '''Low Hutton'''.
==History== The villages are mentioned in the Domesday Book as ''Hotun'' in the ''Bulford'' hundred. The lands were divided between ''Cnut, son of Karli'', ''Thorkil'' and ''Thorbrand son of Kalri''. After the Norman invasion, the lands were split between the King and ''Berengar of Tosny''.<ref>{{OpenDomesday|SE7667|low-hutton|Huttons Ambo|accessdate=29 December 2012}}</ref><ref name="History">{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=64631|title=History|accessdate=29 December 2012}}</ref> The land at Low Hutton owned by the King, has been named Hutton Colswayn, whilst the land near Hutton Hill has been known as Hutton Mynchon. The land at High Hutton has been known as Hutton Bardolf. All these suffixes indicate the names of the landowners of those times.<ref name="Names">{{cite web|url=http://www.yorkshire-england.co.uk/PlaceNameMeaningsEtoJ.html|title=Etymology 1|accessdate=29 December 2012}}</ref> The Colswayn family may have been given the land by the Crown for duties performed guarding York Castle. The titles passed on to the Bolton family. The other lands came into the possession of the Gower family, some of whom held the office of High Sheriff of York, such as Sir Thomas Gower. Memorials to members of this family can be seen in the Church.<ref name="History"/><ref name="Bulmers">{{cite book|title=Bulmer's Topography, History and Directory (Private and Commercial) of North Yorkshire 1890|page=724|year=2002|orig-date=1890|publisher= S&N Publishing|isbn=1-86150-299-0}}</ref>
Hutton, the toponym, derives from the Old English ''hōh tūn'', meaning ''settlement on or by the hill spur''.<ref name="Names"/> Ambo, the suffix, is Latin indicating the combination of the two villages into the one parish.<ref name="Bulmers"/>
Archaeological excavations in the 1950s revealed evidence of 12th- or 13th-century fortified buildings at the south end of the village of Low Hutton near the river.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://castlefacts.info/castledetails/castleDetails3.aspx?uin=12098&DirectPhoto=|title=Local History|accessdate=29 December 2012}}</ref> Huttons Ambo lends its name to a specific type of Medieval pottery produced here in the 13th century consisting of large, unglazed storage jars.<ref>Jennings, S. 1992.''Medieval Pottery in the Yorkshire Museum''. York: Yorkshire Museum</ref>
Further excavations carried out in 2023, 2024 and 2025 by Ethos Heritage CIC uncovered a 12th to 13th-century building that may be connected with a lost manor house mentioned in village records. The building reused what appears to be Roman stone that may have come from a nearby Roman building During the excavations in 2025 a previously unknown and first Roman site was identified in the village which produced late Roman pottery dating to the end of the 4th century along with a number of Roman coins.
In addition, the excavations also identified Post Medieval structures including a capped stone gully and a previously unknown building in the southern end of the village which seems to have been occupied from the late 17th to the mid 19th century. The stone used in its construction may have been recycled from an earlier fortified buildings that lie {{convert|150|m|yd|order=flip}} away.
Evidence of Iron Age and Roman and medieval occupation was also uncovered during the excavations near the river. The site which is surrounded by a large bank and ditch contained pottery dating from {{circa|50 BC}} to {{circa|300 AD}}.<ref>{{cite web|last=Milligan|first=Mark|title=Archaeologists find traces of two substantial Medieval structures|website=HeritageDaily|date=26 September 2024|url=https://www.heritagedaily.com/2024/09/archaeologists-find-traces-of-two-substantial-medieval-structures/153525|access-date=28 September 2024}}</ref>
==Governance== The villages lie within the Thirsk and Malton UK Parliament constituency. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Ryedale, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.
==Geography== thumb|left|Foot bridge over the river Derwent at Huttons Ambo Since UK Census records began, the highest recorded population in the parish was 445 in 1821.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TOT_POP&u_id=10437386&c_id=10001043&add=N|title=1821 UK Census|accessdate=29 December 2012}}</ref> According to the 2001 UK Census the population is 287. Of these, 225 were over sixteen years of age and 125 of them were in employment. There were 135 dwellings, of which 72 were detached.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadDatasetList.do?a=7&b=798115&c=huttons+ambo&d=16&g=476491&i=1001x1003&m=0&r=1&s=1356795596565&enc=1&domainId=15|title=2001 UK Census|accessdate=23 December 2012}}</ref> The Census 2011 showed a population of 270.<ref name="2011 census">{{NOMIS2011|id=1170217257|title=Huttons Ambo Parish |accessdate=11 March 2018}}</ref>
There are a total of 17 Grade II Listed Buildings in the parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/england/north+yorkshire/huttons+ambo|title=Listed Buildings|accessdate=29 December 2012}}</ref>
The nearest settlements are Malton {{convert|3|mi}} to the north-east and Crambeck {{convert|1.3|mi}} to the south-west. The elevation in High Hutton reaches a peak of {{convert|260|ft}} and {{convert|170|ft}} in Low Hutton.
The villages are situated between the A64 York to Scarborough road and the River Derwent, Yorkshire.<ref name="Survey">{{cite web | url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-government/tools-support/open-data-support | title=OpenData support | OS Tools & Support }}</ref> {{clear}}
==Transport== {{Main|Huttons Ambo railway station}} There used to be a station in the village that was a stop on the York to Scarborough Line run by York and North Midland Railway. Opened in 1845, it closed in 1966.<ref>{{Butt-Stations}}</ref>
==Religion== thumb|St Margaret's, High Hutton St Margaret's Church, Huttons Ambo was rebuilt in 1856 on the site of the original building. It is a Grade II Listed Building.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1315811|desc=Church of St Margaret, Huttons Ambo|accessdate=28 September 2024}}</ref>
There used to be a Primitive Methodist Chapel in Low Hutton and a Wesleyan Chapel in High Hutton.<ref name="Bulmers"/>
==See also== *Listed buildings in Huttons Ambo
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Category:Villages in North Yorkshire Category:Civil parishes in North Yorkshire Category:Huttons Ambo