In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hutton Lowcross like this:
HUTTON-LOWCROSS, or HUTTON-LOCRAS, a township in Guisbrough parish, N. R. Yorkshire; 1½ mile SW of Guisbrough. Acres, 1, 573. Real property, £7, 000; of which £5, 658 are in ironworks. Pop. in 1851, 49; in 1861, 271. Houses, 50. The increase of pop. arose from the construction and extension of ironworks. ...
A lepers' hospital was founded here by William de Bernaldby, and given to Guisbrough priory. A Cistertian nunnery also was founded here by Ralph de Neville; and substructions of it were recently laid open by the plough. The ham pits of an ancient British village likewise are here, from 8 to 12 feet deep, from 60 to 100 yards in circumference, and extending in irregular lines for about 2 miles.
Hutton Lowcross through time
Hutton Lowcross is now part of Redcar and Cleveland district. Click here for graphs and data of how Redcar and Cleveland has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hutton Lowcross itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hutton Lowcross, in Redcar and Cleveland and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13058
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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