{{Short description|Village in North Yorkshire, England}} {{see also|East Lutton|Lutton (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}} {{Use British English|date=December 2014}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | static_image = | static_image_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|54|06|38|N|0|34|38|W|display=inline,title}} | official_name = West Lutton | civil_parish = Luttons | population = 411 | population_ref = (2011 census)<ref>{{NOMIS2011|id=1170217267|title=Luttons Parish |accessdate=22 March 2018}}</ref> | unitary_england = North Yorkshire | lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire | region = Yorkshire and the Humber | constituency_westminster = Thirsk and Malton | post_town = MALTON | postcode_district = YO17 | postcode_area = YO | dial_code = | os_grid_reference = SE931694 | london_distance_mi = 180<!-- straight line per MOS – constant and comparable with other place distances --> | london_direction = S }}
'''West Lutton''' is a village in North Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately {{convert|9|mi|km|0}} east from Malton, and within the Yorkshire Wolds. The hamlet of East Lutton is {{convert|0.5|mi|km|1}} to the east. The village lies in the Great Wold Valley and the course of the winterbourne stream the Gypsey Race passes through it.
The name Lutton derives from the Old English ''Ludatūn'' meaning 'Luda's settlement'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Yorkshire+ER/Luttons+Ambo|title=Key to English Place-names|website=kepn.nottingham.ac.uk|accessdate=13 October 2025}}</ref> They are recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 as one location, and were home to at least five families.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://opendomesday.org/place/XX0000/east-and-west-lutton/|title=[East and West] Lutton {{!}} Domesday Book|last=Powell-Smith|first=Anna|website=opendomesday.org|access-date=13 September 2016}}</ref> In common with other villages at the time, the Luttons suffered during William the Conqueror's Harrying of the North, during which many farms and homesteads were laid waste, evidenced by the dramatic drop in their annual contribution to the local landowner: from £14 in 1066 to less than £1 in 1086.<ref name=":0" />
West Lutton forms part of the civil parish of Luttons. It was historically part of the East Riding of Yorkshire until 1974. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Ryedale, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.
St Mary's Church, West Lutton, is designated a Grade II* listed building.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1149659|desc=Church of St Mary|accessdate=21 October 2014}}</ref> The church contains a sculpture by the Derbyshire sculptor James Redfern.<ref name="PEVSNER">{{cite book |last1=Pevsner |first1=Nikolaus |last2=Neave |first2=David |title=Yorkshire : York and the East Riding |date=2002 |publisher=Yale University Press |location=London |isbn=0-300-09593-7 |page=94 |edition=2}}</ref>
In 1823 West Lutton was in the parish of Weaverthorpe, the Wapentake of Buckrose, and the Liberty of St Peter's in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Population, including East Lutton was 311. West Lutton occupations included six farmers, one of whom was also a grocer and another a wheelwright, two further wheelwrights, a blacksmith, two shoemakers, two tailors, and the landlord of The Board public house.<ref name=Baines>Baines, Edward (1823): ''History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York'', p. 365</ref>
==See also== *Listed buildings in Luttons
==Gallery== <gallery widths="180px" heights="120px"> File:West Lutton from Malton Lane June 2009 (Nigel Coates).JPG|West Lutton from Malton Lane File:West Lutton St. Mary's Church June 2009 (Nigel Coates).jpg|St Mary's Church, West Lutton File:West Lutton St Mary James Redfern.jpg|Sculpture by James Redfern </gallery>
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==External links== *{{commons category-inline|West Lutton}}
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