HUTTON-IN-THE-FOREST, a township and a parish in Penrith district, Cumberland. The township lies in Inglewood forest, near the river Peterill and the Lancaster and Carlisle railway, 3 miles NW of Plumpton r. station, and 6 NW by N of Penrith. Real property, £1, 895. Pop., 154. Houses, 27.—The parish contains also the township of Thomas-Close. Post town, Penrith. Acres, 2, 300. Real property, £2, 584. Pop., 255. Houses, 45. The property is subdivided. The manor belonged anciently to the Huttons; and, with Hutton Hall, belongs now to Sir Henry R. Vane, Bart. Traces lately existed of an ancient fortification called Collinson castle. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £130.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Carlisle. The interior of the church in 1866 was in disrepair. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £21.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))