 The civil parish of Healey with Sutton was formed in 1866.Sutton consists of a few farms (High Sutton, Low Sutton, Sutton Penn and Sutton Grange) north-east of Healey, and was transferred to the parish of Ellington High and Low in 1886.In 1934 of the uninhabited Masham Moor (which had been common to the parishes of Masham and East Witton) were added to the civil parish, which was then renamed Healey.