Hutton Cranswick is a village and

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in the

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, England. It is situated approximately south from

Driffield Driffield, also known as Great Driffield, is a market town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The civil parish is formed by the town of Driffield and the village of Little Driffield. By road, it is north-east of Leeds ...

town centre, and on the

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. The civil parish is formed by the village of Hutton Cranswick and the

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s of Rotsea and Sunderlandwick. According to the

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, Hutton Cranswick parish had a population of 2,065, an increase on the

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figure of 2,015.

History

Hutton Cranswick is listed in the ''

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''. Within the village is the remnant of a 13th-century monastic moat beside Sheepman Lane, marking the site of a former

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belonging to

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near

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. Less than north-west of Hutton are the remnants of Howe Hill

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round barrow A round barrow is a type of tumulus and is one of the most common types of archaeological monuments. Although concentrated in Europe, they are found in many parts of the world, probably because of their simple construction and universal purpose. ...

. The diameter mound was excavated in 1892. Flint articles were found, and evidence of previous disturbance of the site, including burnt bones and a food vessel indicating a burial site. The mound later might have been used as a

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local meeting place. At the same site, to the north-west of Old Sunderlandwick Lane, is earthwork evidence of the

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of Sunderlandwick—a settlement mentioned in the ''Domesday'' survey—with

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, hollow ways, ridges and furrows, and ditches. In 1823 Hutton Cranswick was a civil parish in the

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of Harthill. The parish church was under the patronage of Lord Hotham. There existed a

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chapel and a

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. Population at the time was 917. Occupations included 19 farmers, two

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s, two

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s, two joiners, three shoemakers, four shopkeepers, three tailors, a rope maker, a butcher, a corn miller, and the

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s of The Pack Horse and the Decoy Inn

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s. Two carriers operated between the village and Hull,

, and Driffield once a week. The village railway station opened in 1846, as part of the Scarborough Branch Railway. Under 1 mile south-west of Cranswick is the site of the Second World War military airfield

RAF Hutton Cranswick Royal Air Force Hutton Cranswick or more simply RAF Hutton Cranswick is a former Royal Air Force station located to the south of Driffield and immediately south west of the village of Hutton Cranswick in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. T ...

, operational between 1942 and 1946. Aerial photographs show indications of landing strips and hangars. The village's history is detailed in the locally authored ''A Tale of Two Villages, Hutton and Cranswick'', a book written in 1980 and updated in 2000.

Culture and community

Originally comprising two villages, Hutton to the north, and Cranswick to the south, the expansion of the villages has merged them together to form a single village, Hutton Cranswick. However, the individual parts of the village are still often referred to by their separate names and both maintain their individual character. Hutton Cranswick is a regular competitor in the yearly "Village in Bloom" competition. The Hutton Cranswick newsletter, ''The Bulletin'', contains local information. The village held bonfire nights but these ceased because of lack of funding. The church, dedicated to

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, was designated a Grade II*

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in 1966 and is now recorded in the

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, maintained by

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. The village school is Hutton Cranswick Community Primary School. Cranswick local shops include one currently run by

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, a

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run by a local farming family, and a

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. There is a

, a

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, a

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, a

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shop and garages selling both cars and petrol. At the south-west of the village is an

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with businesses including Cranswick Mill. The large

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contains a pond, play-park area and mature trees. "Swinekeld Pit" (pronounced "Swinkle"), with a small stream, lies at the bottom of Southgate in Cranswick. The village has a small

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, served by

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services on the

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. Blue Keld

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and bottling

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is in the parish, south-east of Hutton Cranswick village.

Sport

The village has its own sports area with

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pitches,

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football and tennis courts, grass and hard tennis courts, and a social hall on Rotsea Lane. It also had a football club, ''Hutton Cranswick United'', whose first team played in the

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. However, in December 2011 the club ceased to exist. The only surviving football team in the village are Hutton Cranswick SRA, who play in Division Four of the East Riding County League. ''Hutton Cranswick United'' Under-14s were featured in the

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magazine after they lost 24–0 to

Bridlington Bridlington is a coastal town and a civil parish on the Holderness Coast of the North Sea in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is about north of Hull and east of York. The Gypsey Race enters the North Sea at its harbour. The 2011 Cen ...

where every player in the 12-man Bridlington squad scored. The Association also has an

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Club (Archers of East Riding), and a cricket club. The hall is used for children's soft play, youngsters'

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classes and a

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. The village green was used to hold

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matches that are now played east of the village on a field adjacent to the road Meggisons Turnpike.

References

External links

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Hutton Cranswick
web site * * {{authority control Villages in the East Riding of Yorkshire Civil parishes in the East Riding of Yorkshire