A return trip to Hutton-le-Hole turned out to be great timing, since the weather has been pretty dreich. This little village is known for its Quaker history in the 1700s and has that classic English yeoman feel with sturdy stone cottages that really seem to embrace a spirit of independence.
The Ryedale Folk Museum is on the right in the photo, but the village itself offers more to see. The Crown Inn is front and centre, and next to it, on the left, is what used to be the Hammer and Hand Inn, now a private house. Emmanuel Strickland and his family lived here, and their forebears apparently even brought a turkey all the way from America! There’s a lintel dated 1784 and a neat motto engraved on it: “By Hammer and Hand all Arts do stand.” This is a nod to the ironstone mining history in the area, something that’s been going on since the Iron Age—even if it really boomed in the 19th century.
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