Priest Hutton

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}}

{{Use British English|date=April 2015}}

{{Infobox UK place

|static_image_name= Chapel near Longlands Inn - geograph.org.uk - 218322.jpg

|static_image_caption= Tewitfield Methodist Church

|country = England

|coordinates = {{coord|54.157|-2.719|display=inline,title}}

|official_name= Priest Hutton

| population = 185

| population_ref = (2011)

|civil_parish= Priest Hutton

|shire_district= Lancaster

|shire_county = Lancashire

|region= North West England

|constituency_westminster= Morecambe and Lunesdale

|post_town= CARNFORTH

|postcode_district = LA6

|postcode_area= LA

|dial_code= 015242

|os_grid_reference= SD530737

|pushpin_map = United Kingdom City of Lancaster

|pushpin_map_caption = Location in the City of Lancaster district

}}

Priest Hutton is a village and civil parish in Lancashire, England. It is located {{convert|5|km|0}} north east of Carnforth, in the City of Lancaster, close to the boundary with Cumbria. In the 2001 census Priest Hutton had a population of 177,{{cite web | url=http://www.lancashireparishcouncils.gov.uk/documents/information/Parish_headcount.pdf | title=Parish headcount | accessdate=2008-04-13 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061210214612/http://www.lancashireparishcouncils.gov.uk/documents/information/Parish_headcount.pdf | archivedate=10 December 2006 | df=dmy-all }} increasing to 185 at the 2011 Census.{{NOMIS2011|id=E04005200|title=Priest Hutton Parish|access-date=27 March 2021}}

The village, situated off the A6070 is in a rural area, and has few facilities of its own. The village school closed in 1978, and the nearest school and post office are at Burton-in-Kendal, north of the county boundary. Other facilities, such as Borwick and Priest Hutton Memorial Hall, and St Mary's Church, are shared with the neighbouring village of Borwick, south of Priest Hutton. Priest Hutton has no parish council, instead there is a parish meeting at the Memorial Hall.{{cite web | url=http://www.lancashireparishcouncils.gov.uk/parishes/parish_display.asp?parishid=60 | title=Priest Hutton Parish Meeting | publisher=Lancashire County Council | accessdate=2009-02-08 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090627042727/http://www.lancashireparishcouncils.gov.uk/parishes/parish_display.asp?parishid=60 | archive-date=27 June 2009 | url-status=dead }}{{cite web | url=http://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/features/BurtoninKendal-feature.4321252.jp | title=Burton-in-Kendal feature | first=Nick | last=Lakin | work=Lancaster Guardian | publisher=Johnston Press | date=2008-07-24 | accessdate=2008-02-08 }}

In the south west corner of the parish, at Tewitfield, there is a marina on the Lancaster Canal, currently the northern terminus of the canal's navigable section.

The former archbishop of York, Matthew Hutton, was born in the village in 1529.{{cite web | url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53293 | title='Townships: Priest Hutton', A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 8 (1914) | work=British History Online | publisher=University of London & History of Parliament Trust | pages=182–183 | accessdate=2009-02-08 }}