In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hutton Buscel like this:
HUTTON-BUSHELL, a village, a township, a parish, and a sub-district, in Scarborough district, N. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on a hill, near Forge valley, 4 miles W of Seamer-Junction r. station, and 6 SW of Scarborough; is an ancient place; and has a postoffice under York..-The township comprises 3, 510 acres. ...
Real property, £3, 622. Pop., 527. Houses, 101.—The parish contains also the township of West Ayton, and comprises 5, 607 a res. Real property, £6, 366. Pop., 912. Houses, 179. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged anciently to the Buscels, who followed William the Conqueror; and belongs now to Lord Downe. Hutton-Bushell Hall is a chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £320.* Patron, Earl Fitzwilliam. The church is ancient but good; has an embattled tower; and contains monuments of the Osbaldestons. There are a Wesleyan chapel and an endowed school.—The sub-district contains also three other parishes, and part of another. Acres, 35, 445. Pop., 4, 666. Houses, 913.
Hutton Buscel through time
Hutton Buscel is now part of Scarborough district. Click here for graphs and data of how Scarborough has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hutton Buscel itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hutton Buscel, in Scarborough and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13051
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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