A Short History of All Saints Church, Hutton Rudby
 Medieval Times: There have been Christians in this place for 1300 years, since the end
of the 7th century, during which north-eastern England was converted to the Faith.
The ‘doomsday book’ survey of 1086 shows our parish to be a place of some importance,
having a large manor and one of 10 places in Cleveland with a church.
The Norman Church: The first known incumbent of the Parish was Hugh, in 1150, who
was also Rural Dean of Cleveland. He ministered in the Norman Church built on the present
site by the Meynills, Lords of Whorlton Castle, for the people on their manor here. It was
erected in the river valley between the communities of Hutton and Rudby, serving both,
and was probably about as large as our present chancel. In 1227 the living was held by
Walter de Kirkham, later Bishop of Durham; in 1297 by Hugh de Cressington, Lord Chief
Justice of England.
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