History of Hungercut Hall

Hungercut Hall is steeped in history, having been a place of importance to the local population for hundreds of years.
It has only been known as Hungercut Hall for less than 100 years. Before that it was called Hungergutte Hall, and it’s name rather ominously probably derived from Hungry and gut as in stomach. It seems that much of the time the Hall was used when either helping to make people hungry, (when it was used for tax collection), or for helping hungry people (when it was used for dropping food for local victims of the plague).
It was at one time the courthouse for the hundred. This means that it was the meeting place for the heads of the hundred local families to discuss local administrative affairs.

I have heard that it is mentioned in the Domesday Book, though none of the fabric of the current building would endorse this.
For the last couple of hundred years at least, the Hall was run as a farm. In the early 1970’s it’s land was swallowed up by a neighbouring farm and the Hall became a private house. We have only provided guest accommodation in it since June 2004