Huttons Ambo is a civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. It is about north-east of York and south-west of Malton. The civil parish of Huttons Ambo consists of the villages of High Hutton and Low Hutton.
History
The villages are mentioned in the Domesday book as Hotun in the Bulford hundred. The lands were divided between Cnut, son of Karli, Thorkil and Thorbrand son of Kalri. After the Norman invasion, the lands were split between the King and Berengar of Tosny. The land at Low Hutton owned by the King, has been named Hutton Colswayn, whilst the land near Hutton Hill has been known as Hutton Mynchon. The land at High Hutton has been known as Hutton Bardolf. All these suffixes indicate the names of the landowners of those times. The Colswayn family may have been given the land by the Crown for duties performed guarding York Castle. The titles passed on to the Bolton family. The other lands came into the possession of the Gower family, some of whom held the office of High Sheriff of York, such as Sir Thomas Gower. Memorials to members of this family can seen in the Church. The toponym derives from the Old Englishhōh tūn, meaning settlement on or by the hill spur. The suffix is Latin indicating the combination of the two villages into the one parish. Excavations in the 1950s revealed evidence of 12th- or 13th-century fortified buildings at the south end of the village of Low Hutton near the river. Huttons Ambo lends its name to a specific type of Medievalpottery produced here in the 13th Centuryconsisting of large, unglazed storage jars
Since UK Census records began, the highest recorded population in the parish was 445 in 1821. According to the 2001 UK Census the population is 287. Of these, 225 were over sixteen years of age and 125 of them were in employment. There were 135 dwellings, of which 72 were detached. The Census 2011 showed a population of 270. There are a total of 17 Grade II Listed Buildings in the parish. The nearest settlements are Malton to the north-east and Crambeck to the south-west. The elevation in High Hutton reaches a peak of and in Low Hutton. The villages are situated between the A64 York to Scarborough road and the River Derwent, Yorkshire.
