Paying a heavy price
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Northern Echo, 14th July 2014. "HUTTON MAGNA is a little place on which the First World War had a big impact. One hundred years ago, it and its neighbour, West Layton, comprised 55 houses. Even in those overcrowded days, the population of the two villages cannot have been more than a few hundred. Yet 34 men went to war, and 12 of them – all from Hutton Magna – did not return. The Hind family suffered the most grievously, losing three brothers.....Hutton Magna decided to raise £800 for a wooden lychgate to go at the entrance to the churchyard. It was built by Robert “Mouseman” Thompson, of Kilburn, although it is one of his few works that doesn’t have a mouse on it. The gate was unveiled on April 19, 1921, amid great ceremony....." -
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