Sheriff Hutton

The village is mentioned twice in the Domesday Book of 1086, as Hotun in the Bulford hundred. Before the Norman invasion the manor was split between several land owners. Those named included Ligulf, Northmann, Thorkil, Thorsten and Thorulf. Afterwards some of the land was retained by the Crown and other portions given to Count Robert of Mortain who installed Nigel Fossard as lord of the manor.{{OpenDomesday|SE6566|sheriff-hutton|Sheriff Hutton|accessdate=20 January 2013}} Soon after this, the land was in the possession of the Bulmer family. Bertram de Bulmer built the first castle in the village during the reign of King Stephen.{{cite book|title=Bulmer's Topography, History and Directory (Private and Commercial) of North Yorkshire 1890 |pages=787–790|year=1890 |publisher= S&N Publishing|isbn= 1-86150-299-0}} After the civil war between Stephen and Matilda, 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 the Neville 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 to Sir Thomas Ingram. The Ingram family, by way of various marriages, maintained lordship until 1904, when it passed to Hon. Edward Frederick Lindley Wood.{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=64783|title=History|access-date=20 January 2013}}

The name is derived from the Old English words hoh and tun, together meaning settlement on a projecting piece of land.{{cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/county/Yorkshire+NR|title=Key to English Place-Names|access-date=20 January 2013}} The prefix of Sheriff is thought to arise because it was once held by Bertram de Bulmer, the Sheriff of York, who died in 1166.

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In 1140, during the reign of King Stephen, a motte-and-bailey castle was built here in the Forest of Galtres by Bertram de Bulmer, the remains of which can be seen to the south of the churchyard. Those remains have been designated Ancient Monument status.{{NHLE|num=1017484|desc=Ringwork and bailey immediately south of St Helen and Holy Cross Church|accessdate=24 May 2017}}

The extant remains of the stone Castle at the western end of the village were built by John, Lord Neville in the late fourteenth century. It fell into disrepair during the reign of King James I. It is a Grade II Listed Building.{{cite web|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-329526-sheriff-hutton-castle-sheriff-hutton-nor|title=Castle Listing}}

The Neville Castle was used by Richard III to house his nephew Edward, Earl of Warwick and his niece, Elizabeth of York.

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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.{{NHLE |desc=SHERIFF HUTTON HALL |num=1174671 |accessdate=16 July 2021}}

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.{{cite web |title=Find a councillor |url=https://edemocracy.northyorks.gov.uk/mgFindMember.aspx?XXR=0&AC=WARD&WID=13325 |website=North Yorkshire Council |access-date=6 May 2023}}

From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Ryedale.

The local Parish Council is made of six members.{{cite web|url=http://www.sheriffhutton.co.uk/council.htm|title=Parish Council|access-date=20 January 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121121010834/http://www.sheriffhutton.co.uk/council.htm|archive-date=21 November 2012|df=dmy-all}}

An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches south east to Flaxton with a total population taken at the 2011 Census of 1,729.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13693914&c=sheriff+hutton&d=14&e=62&g=6455095&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1453140348302&enc=1|title=Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics – Area: Sheriff Hutton (Ward)|access-date=18 January 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}

The nearest settlements are West Lilling {{convert|0.8|mi}} to the south, Thornton-le-Clay {{convert|2.2|mi}} to the south east and Farlington {{convert|2.3|mi}} to the north east.{{cite web | url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-government/tools-support/open-data-support | title=OpenData support | OS Tools & Support }}

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.{{cite web|url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadDatasetList.do?a=7&b=798152&c=sheriff+hutton&d=16&g=476622&i=1001x1003&m=0&r=1&s=1358711182360&enc=1&domainId=15|title=2001 UK Census|access-date= 20 January 2013|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}} The population at the 2011 Census was 1019.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11128415&c=YO60+6RA&d=16&e=62&g=6455098&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1439460549126&enc=1|title=Parish population 2011|access-date=13 August 2015|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.sheriffhutton.co.uk/businesses.htm|title=Businesses|access-date=20 January 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080614080706/http://www.sheriffhutton.co.uk/businesses.htm|archive-date=14 June 2008}} The village is served by the York to Malton bus route via Castle Howard.{{cite web|url=http://vanilla.northyorkstravel.info/place/sheriff-hutton/|title=Transport|access-date=20 January 2013}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.sheriffhutton.co.uk/sports.htm|title=Sports Clubs|access-date=20 January 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080615051300/http://www.sheriffhutton.co.uk/sports.htm|archive-date=15 June 2008|df=dmy-all}}

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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.{{cite web|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-329524-church-of-st-helen-and-the-holy-cross-sh|title=Church Listing|access-date=20 January 2013}} The chancel was added in the 13th century and there was other rebuilding work carried out in both the 14th and 15th centuries.

An alabaster cenotaph with an effigy of a child was long regarded to depict Edward of Middleham, son of Richard III and Anne Neville, but is now thought to be an earlier work and to depict one of the Neville family.{{cite book|title= The Sheriff Hutton Alabaster Reconsidered|author= Routh P. and Knowles R|publisher= Wakefield Historical Publications|year= 1982}}{{cite web |url=http://www.churchmonumentssociety.org/Monument%20of%20the%20Month%20Archive/2013-03.html |first=Jane |last=Crease |title=The Monument at Sheriff Hutton (Yorkshire): is this the tomb of Richard III's son? |publisher=Church Monuments Society |date=March 2013 |access-date=15 May 2014 }}

There is also a Methodist church in the village near the school. Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels were built in the 19th century.{{cite web|url=http://www.yorkmethodist.org.uk/locations/sheriff-hutton-methodist-church/|title=Methodist Church|access-date=20 January 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130315133508/http://www.yorkmethodist.org.uk/locations/sheriff-hutton-methodist-church/|archive-date=15 March 2013|df=dmy-all}}

There is a school in the village, Sheriff Hutton Primary School, and is within the catchment area of Easingwold School for secondary education.{{cite web|url=https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/browse-school-information-your-area|title=Browse school information for your area |publisher=North Yorkshire County Council|access-date=13 December 2017}}

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.

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