HUTTON-in-the-FOREST, a parish in LEATH ward, county of CUMBERLAND, comprising the townships of Hutton in the Forest and Thomas-Close, and contain- ing 252 inhabitants, of which number, 157 are in the township of Hutton in the Forest, 8 miles (N.W.) from Penrith. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Carlisle, rated in the king's books at £18. 12. SU., and in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Carlisle. The church is dedicated to St. James. A school was founded in 1715, by Thomas Fletcher, Esq. and others, and endowed with land producing about £30 per annum. There are thirty-five scholars, each of whom pays quarterage.