Stutton, North Yorkshire

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Stutton is a small village in North Yorkshire, a mile southwest of Tadcaster.

The village has a pub of local renown in the Hare and Hounds, and a small village hall, but few other services are available locally. Stutton had a railway station at one time, on the line between Wetherby and Church Fenton, but this closed to passengers in the 1920s, although the station house still exists. The village formed part of the estates of the Vavasour family, of Hazlewood Castle, to the west of the village. The castle is now a prestigious hotel. Stutton is also close to Tadcaster and its school tadcaster grammar school where the famous clan/posse was formed.

Stutton stands on the Cock Beck, a small stream flowing from Whinmoor near Leeds into the Wharfe near Tadcaster. The stream is said to have flowed red with blood from the slaughter at the nearby battle of Towton in the 15th century, the bloodiest battle on English soil.

Just southwest of Stutton is Wingate Hill, the site of the Saxon court for the West Riding. (Stutton was historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire.)

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