| Sheriff Hutton | |
|---|---|
 Finkle Street, Sheriff Hutton | |
.svg)  Sheriff Hutton Location withinNorth Yorkshire | |
| Population | 1,019 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SE652664 |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | YORK |
| Postcode district | YO60 |
| Dialling code | 01347 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| UK Parliament | |
| 54°05′22″N1°00′17″W / 54.08939°N 1.004703°W /54.08939; -1.004703 | |
Sheriff Hutton is a village andcivil parish inNorth Yorkshire, England. It lies about 10 miles (16 km) north by north-east ofYork.
The village is mentioned twice in theDomesday Book of 1086, asHotun in the Bulford hundred. Before theNorman Conquest of 1066 the manor was split between several land-owners. Those named includedLigulf,Northmann,Thorkil,Thorsten andThorulf. Afterwards some of the land was retained by the Crown and other portions given toCount Robert of Mortain who installedNigel Fossard as lord of the manor.[1] Soon after this, the land was in the possession of the Bulmer family. Bertram deBulmer built the first castle in the village during the reign ofKing Stephen.[2] After thecivil war between Stephen andMatilda, the castle and manor were seized by the Crown before being held for the king by the Mauley family. The manor eventually came into the possession of theNeville family in the 14th century until 1480, when it was surrendered to the Crown. Various grants of land were made up to the 17th century when possession is recorded as belonging toSir Thomas Ingram. The Ingram family, by way of various marriages, maintained lordship until 1904, when it passed to Hon. Edward Frederick Lindley Wood.[3]
The name is derived from theOld English wordshoh andtun, together meaningsettlement on a projecting piece of land.[4] The prefix ofSheriff is thought to arise because it was once held by Bertram de Bulmer, the Sheriff of York, who died in 1166.[2]
In 1140, during the reign ofKing Stephen, amotte-and-baileycastle was built here in theForest of Galtres by Bertram de Bulmer, the remains of which can be seen to the south of the churchyard.[3] Those remains have been designated Ancient Monument status.[5]
The extant remains of the stone Castle at the western end of the village were built byJohn, Lord Neville in the late fourteenth century. It fell into disrepair during the reign ofKing James I.[2] It is a Grade II Listed Building.[6]
The Neville Castle was used byRichard III to house his nephewEdward, Earl of Warwick and his niece, Elizabeth of York.[2]
Sheriff Hutton Hall is a Grade I listed building, and was built as a hunting lodge for the Castle and used by James I in 1617. The lodge was remodelled as a country house in about 1619, with further extensions in the 19th century.[7]
The village lies within the Thirsk and Malton (UK Parliament) constituency. It gives its name to the Sheriff Hutton and Derwent electoral division of North Yorkshire Council in which it sits.[8]
From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district ofRyedale.
The local Parish Council is made of six members.[9]
Anelectoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches south east toFlaxton with a total population taken at the 2011 Census of 1,729.[10]
The nearest settlements are West Lilling 0.8 miles (1.3 km) to the south,Thornton-le-Clay 2.2 miles (3.5 km) to the south east andFarlington 2.3 miles (3.7 km) to the north east.[11]
The 2001 UK Census recorded the population as 1,038, of which 842 were over the age of sixteen years. There were 448 dwellings, of which 239 were detached.[12] The population at the 2011 Census was 1019.[13]
There are a diverse range of small to medium size businesses in and around the village from traditional building and contracting to small IT firms. There are also two public houses.[14] The village is served by theYork toMalton bus route viaCastle Howard.[15]
The Village Hall provides facilities for Badminton as well as other multi-function events. There is a Tennis Club with two hard courts on North Garth Lane. The Bowls Club have a green and clubhouse next to the Cricket Ground. Sheriff Hutton Cricket Club have their pavilion and clubhouse next to the Village Hall grounds.[16]
The parish church is dedicated to St Helen and the Holy Cross and was built in the early 12th century. It is a Grade I Listed Building.[17] The chancel was added in the 13th century, and there was other rebuilding work carried out in both the 14th and 15th centuries.
An alabastercenotaph with an effigy of a child was long regarded to depictEdward of Middleham, son ofRichard III and Anne Neville, but is now thought to be an earlier work and to depict one of the Neville family.[2][3][18][19]
There is also a Methodist church in the village near the school. Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels were built in the 19th century.[2][20]
There is a school in the village,Sheriff Hutton Primary School, and is within the catchment area ofEasingwold School for secondary education.[21]
The village had a school attached to the early Wesleyan chapel which was built in 1855, but no longer in use. In 1873, the wife of the lord of the manor paid for the building of a National School in the village.
