Hett is a village and township about 4 miles south-by-west from Durham and 1 mile south-west from Croxdale station. Butcher Race is in this township. Here is a small Mission church, in which divine service is held in the afternoon at 3 p.m. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are the lords of the manor. The principal landowners are Viscount Boyne, the trustees of the late James Lockey, Ralph Richardson, Anthony Wilkinson esqrs. and Mrs. Laverick. The area is 1,279 acres; rateable value, £2,596; the population, in 1881 was 338.