Yorkshire and North East England
Orchards Of Husthwaite
Yorkshire and North East England
Husthwaite has been known as the Orchard Village of North Yorkshire due to its history of growing fruit and trading the crops at market and with jam factories over the last 3 centuries. It is documented that the village traded with Captain Cook and the Whitby Whaling boat owners and a set of whale jaw bones were presented to the village in the 1800’s and were placed either side of Malton Street at the entrance to the village in a similar way as the set at the cliff top in Whitby today.
Orchards of Husthwaite began in 2009 with a project started by the village history society that produced a book based on photographs, recollections and anecdotes from villagers who were old enough to remember how the village was a commercial hub for fruit growing. On the back of the research and feedback from villagers it was decided to start a business that was run by volunteers to replant the village with fruit trees and commence making produce to generate a surplus to match fund projects within the village.