In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hutton Magna like this:

HUTTON-MAGNA, a village and a township in Teesdale district, and a parish partly also in Richmond district, N. R. Yorkshire. The village stands 1¾ mile S of the river Tees, 4 S by W of Winston r. station, and 6½ SE by E of Barnard-Castle. The township contains also the hamlet of Lane Head, and comprises 1, 510 acres. ...


Real property, £1, 901. Pop., 184. Houses, 40. The parish contains also the township of West Layton, and comprises 2, 080 acres. Post town, Winston, under Darlington. Real property, £3, 296. Pop., 266. Houses, 55. The manor belongs to Sir T. A.Constable, Bart. Limestone is worked. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the p. curacy of Forcett, in the diocese of Ripon. The church is ancient.

Hutton Magna through time

Hutton Magna is now part of COUNTY DURHAM Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how COUNTY DURHAM has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hutton Magna itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hutton Magna, in County Durham and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13059

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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