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.

[2] 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.

[3] The name is derived from the Old English words hoh and tun, together meaning settlement on a projecting piece of land.

[2] 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.

[5] 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.

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

[2] 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.

It gives its name to the Sheriff Hutton and Derwent electoral division of North Yorkshire Council in which it sits.

[16] The parish church is dedicated to St Helen and the Holy Cross and was built in the early 12th century.