Hutton-le-Hole

The village appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Hoton.[1] 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,[2] but the full name appears only in the 19th century.[3]

Near the end of the 13th century, the village was granted to St Mary's Abbey, York.[4]

In the 1600s the village was mainly inhabited by Quakers working as weavers or in agriculture.[5] The Quaker evangelist John Richardson died there in 1753 at the age of 87.[6] About four miles away in Kirbymoorside stands an old building that began as a Quaker Meeting House in 1690; it was much modified in 1790 and extended about 1810.[7] It remains a Grade II listed building.[8] John Richardson was buried at the Meeting's burial site.[9] 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.[10]

The former school, now a self-catering holiday let (2006 photo)

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.[11] The first schoolhouse was built in 1845 and replaced in 1875 by a Grade II listed building, but this is now a holiday let.[12][13]

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 a new church, St Chad's, was built; this still stands and forms part of the Benefice of Lastingham. In earlier years, services had been held in the schoolhouse.[14]

Altogether the village has 29 properties historically listed as Grade II, many of them from the 18th century.[15] One is a K6 telephone kiosk designed in 1935, another a sundial installed in 1833.[16]

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.[17]

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