Old Hutton and Holmescales

Old Hutton and Holmescales is a civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the county of Cumbria, England. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 357,^[1] increasing at the 2011 census to 417. ^[2] The parish is bordered by the civil parishes of New Hutton, Stainton, Preston Richard, Preston Patrick, Killington, and Lupton.^[3]

Old Hutton and Holmescales
St John the Baptist's Church, Old Hutton
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Population	417
Civil parish	Old Hutton and Holmescales
Unitary authority	Westmorland and Furness
Ceremonial county	Cumbria
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	KENDAL
Postcode district	LA8
Dialling code	01539
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Westmorland and Lonsdale
List of places UK England Cumbria 54°24'0"N, 2°42'36"W 54°24′0″N 2°42′36″W

The parish includes the villages and hamlets of Old Hutton, Holmescales and Middleshaw. There are eight listed buildings in Old Hutton and Holmescales, one of grade II* and seven of grade II.

Holmescales was described in 1870–1872 as "a hamlet in Old Hutton-with-Holmescales township".^[4]

History

Old Hutton and Holmescales became a civil parish in 1866.^[5]