Hutton-le-Hole

Hutton-le-Hole is a small village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England, about north-west of Pickering. It is a popular scenic village within the North York Moors National Park. Sheep roam the streets at will.
History.
The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Hoton. Since then it has been known as Hege-Hoton, Hoton under Heg and Hewton. The name Hutton-le-Hole means "the place of the burial ground near the hollow", but the full name only dates from the 19th century.
Near the end of the 13th century the village was granted to St. Mary's Abbey. 
In the 1600's the village was primarily inhabited by Quakers who worked as weavers or in agriculture. The Quaker evangelist John Richardson died in Hutton-le-Hole in 1753 at the age of 87. About four miles from the village, in Kirbymoorside, stands and old building that started life as a Quaker Meeting House in 1690; it was significantly modified in 1790 and extended circa 1810. This property is a Grade II listed building. John Richardson was buried at the Meeting Hall's burial site. There had been a Meeting House in Hutton-le-Hole as well, built in 1698 but it was converted into a residence in 1859. Internments continued until 1868, however. 
As of 1831, Hutton-le-Hole was part of the Church of England's Lastingham parish. The "Township of Hutton-le-Hole" reeived funding for education by a charity owned by John Stockton, as of 1914. The first schoolhouse was built in 1845, and replaced in 1875. The latter still stands, a Grade II listed building, but is now a holiday let. 
As of 1901, an old building, the Zion Chapel still stood, but was no longer in use. The village purchased the chapel, and it was torn down in 1934 when a new church, St Chad's, was built; this structure still stands and is part of the Benefice of Lastingham. In much earlier years, services had been held in the schoolhouse. 
The world championships in the board game Merrills took place annually at the Ryedale Folk Museum in Hutton-le-Hole until 1997. 
The village has twenty nine properties that are historically listed as Grade II, most from the 1700s. One is a K6 telephone kiosk designed in 1935. Another is a sundial, erected in 1833.
Tourism.
During the Victorian era, the "ill-planned and untidy" village was looked down on by the gentry: "overcrowded homes of weavers, smallholders and labourers... Manure was piled everywhere and the beck was the common sewer." 
Hutton-le-Hole is now considered to be among the "20 most beautiful villages in the UK and Ireland" according to Condé Nast Traveler] and is visited by many tourists each year. A large car park is provided in the north end, using a pay-and-display method. The National Park Authority recommends visiting the Hutton le Hole Craft Workshops and Ryedale Folk Museum; afterwards, take the two mile walk to Lastingham, dropping in to visit an ancient church, St Mary's. 
The museum contains 13 rescued and reconstructed historic buildings, including an Iron Age round house, period shops, thatched cottages, an Elizabethan manor house, barns and workshops. They display the lives of ordinary people, up to the present day. There is a cafe, a shop, a gift shop, and in season craft workshops. The folk museum also has the photographic studio of William Hayes, which is believed to be the oldest daylight photographic studio in England, having been set up in the early 20th century. The studio had been built in 1902 in Monkgate, York, and donated to the museum in 1991.
Geography.
Hutton-le-Hole lies in Ryedale on the southern edge of the North York Moors, just north of Kirkbymoorside and the A170 road. The hamlet of Lastingham is north-east of the village, with the Tabular Hills Walk passing through both places.
The stream Hutton Beck wends its way through the middle of the village, criss-crossed by footpaths and wooden bridges. One of the bridges was replaced in 2002 by the North York Moors National Park Authority when pedestrian traffic across increased dramatically, after the village green was designated as a right of way. The stream splits the village green, whose grass is kept short by sheep. Hutton Beck flows into the River Rye via Catter Beck and the River Seven.