Hutton, Essex

Coordinates: 51°37′48″N 0°21′29″E / 51.630°N 0.358°E / 51.630; 0.358
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Hutton
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBRENTWOOD
Postcode districtCM13
Dialling code01277
PoliceEssex
FireEssex
AmbulanceEast of England
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51°37′48″N 0°21′29″E / 51.630°N 0.358°E / 51.630; 0.358

Hutton is an area of Brentwood, Essex, England. It has good links to Central London (around 20 miles (32 km) to the south west) via Shenfield train station which is just 1 mile (1.6 km) from Hutton. Brentwood town centre lies 3 miles to the west. The area can be split between modest housing estates and the largely affluent Hutton Mount. There are two wards named "Hutton". Hutton was formerly a civil parish, which was abolished in 1934 and absorbed into Brentwood.

History

The first police officer of the Essex Constabulary to be killed whilst on active duty was Robert Bambrough, who was drowned in a pond in Hutton by the criminal whom he was escorting from Billericay Magistrates' Court on 21 November 1850.[1]

In 1931 the parish had a population of 2,142.[2] On 1 April 1934 the parish was abolished and merged with Brentwood.[3]

Hutton Poplars

Opened in 1905. The name given to the

Board of Guardians for the region, George Lansbury
, saw an opportunity to expand their operations into the Essex countryside, and convinced the Board to acquire 100 acres (0.40 km2) of land situated between Hutton and Shenfield on the Rayleigh Road. In 1906 the Board completed work on a self-contained community with its own stores, school, indoor swimming pool and an array of ancillary buildings alongside the accommodation for the staff and a significant number of orphans living in small groups.

The cost of the project caused uproar in the

public school like Eton than an orphans' training school. However once operational the project received recognition for its good work, with a Governmental inspection in early 1914 rating the facilities as "among the best in Britain" with the children "well cared for by an efficient staff of specially selected teachers."[4] A Royal visit followed in 1918. The school hosted the Duke of York's Royal Military School during the Great War, which had vacated its own site at Guston, Kent near Dover allowing it to be used as a transit camp for the British Army.[5]

The placement of such an establishment was controversial with the local residents. The hostility dragged out some time, with the children referred to as "outsiders" and thought best avoided by the local residents. Towards the end of the 20th century this attitude is regarded as having mellowed.

The administration of Hutton Poplars passed to the London County Council in the 1920s, with the home subsequently opening its doors to children from all parts of East and North London.

Several thousand children passed through its gates over the next six decades. Inevitably the cost of running such an establishment came under scrutiny and an eventual policy shift saw the responsibility for child care passing to the individual borough councils, with smaller care homes springing up to replace these Victorian monoliths.

The creation of the Greater London Council in 1966 replacing the London County Council resulted in the London Borough of Hackney taking administrative control of the residential home. Charged with emptying it of non Hackney residents and ultimately selling it off to property developers, children began leaving for smaller establishments in and around London. Hackney continued to house its children there until 1982.

Hutton Poplar remained open until 1982. The buildings then witnessed various fates under

Brentwood Borough Council
.

The new housing development on the old site was modelled largely on the original layout, with houses forming an oval around central open spaces. The Essex Dining Hall remains as a traditional village hall.

Whit Monday was traditionally a reunion day when former residents were encouraged to visit for the annual open fete day. A reunion still takes place in the Essex dining hall on the Spring Bank Holiday Monday every year. Centenary celebrations took place in 2006. Former residents or anyone with connections to Hutton Poplars are most welcome at the annual event.

Hutton Country Park

Tarmac in 1997 to protect it from development. The park is in two sectors divided by the railway, the northern boundary is formed by the River Wid, the western boundary by Wash Road, the southern boundary by housing development off the Rayleigh Road and the eastern boundary remains contiguous with farmland. Access to the park is from Wash Road.[6]

Church

Hutton All Saints' Church is a small Grade II* listed ancient structure, with a wooden

grant funding
enabled a complete refurbishment of the whole building to improve the facilities available to church and community organisations.

Schools

Hutton has four

Roman Catholic), All Saints (C of E
), Long Ridings County Primary and Willowbrook (previously known as Hutton County Primary School, and before that as Brookfield Infants and Junior) The original Village School on Church Lane closed and became a nursing home in the 1970s.

The town also has two

preparatory schools
: Herrington House School and Woodlands School Hutton Manor.

The area also contains a secondary school and sixth form college, St Martin's School, originally built as a segregated Secondary Modern, then run as a co-educational comprehensive and now an Academy 1.

References

  1. ^ Robert Bambrough, Essex police memorial site, retrieved 24 June 2017.
  2. A Vision of Britain through Time
    . Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Relationships and changes Hutton AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  4. ^ Dennis Rookard. "Brentwood and District Talking Newspaper - Hutton Poplars". www.btn.freeuk.com. Retrieved 26 April 2008.
  5. ^ "The Army List". War Office. 1915. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  6. ^ http://www.brentwood.gov.uk/index.php?cid=979 Brentwood Council Parks & Open Spaces
  7. ^ Historic England. "CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS (1297263)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
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