Editing Huntington, North Yorkshire (section)

==History==
[[File:All Saints - geograph.org.uk - 163306.jpg|thumb|All Saints Church]] There has been a parish church ([[All Saints' Church, Huntington|All Saints]]) in this village since 1086. Huntington originally included three villages within the parish boundaries: [[Towthorpe, York|Towthorpe]], [[Earswick]] and Huntington. Huntington itself also comprised the small township of West Huntington, including West Huntington Hall. The village is unique in that the main settlement and church are separated by a river, the [[River Foss|Foss]]. During the [[Middle Ages]], the part of Huntington to the east of the [[River Foss|Foss]] was part of the [[Forest of Galtres]], a hunting [[royal forest]] that covered large areas of land to the north-east of York and is still referred to in many local place names. The Act of Dis-Afforestation of 1629 put an end to this.<ref>Robinson, F: ''A History of Huntington Parish Church'', pp. 1–5, 1983.</ref>

Huntington remained a very small settlement until the second half of the 19th century, with no more than approximately 630 inhabitants by 1901. The expansion of Huntington started slowly around 1870–1880, with the construction of nearby [[New Earswick]] and the opening of Queen Elizabeth Barracks in nearby [[Strensall]]. The rehousing schemes during the 1930s speeded up the growth of the village and turned Huntington into a suburban area of the [[York]]. The village suffered only a little damage during the [[Second World War]] and saw a further housing expansion along Huntington and Strensall Road in the post-war years. The northwards expansion was halted by the construction of the York ring road. Most of the land associated with West Huntington has now become the separate parish of [[New Earswick]]. Huntington's old village, including All Saints' Church and the nearby West Huntington Hall, was made a [[conservation area]] in 1991.<ref name="SYO1685">{{cite web |title=SYO1685 - Huntington Conservation Area - York Historic Environment Record |url=https://her.york.gov.uk/Source/SYO1685 |website=York Historic Environment Record |access-date=2 May 2024}}</ref> The urbanisation of the village is now almost complete, and current housing development is mainly driven by evolutions in the UK property market, the shortage of housing in York and the attraction of the local secondary school, [[Huntington School, York|Huntington School]].

Huntington was served by [[Earswick railway station]] on the [[York to Beverley Line]] between 1847 and 1965.<ref>{{Butt-Stations|pages=87, 125}}</ref>