Sutton on the Hill

Infobox UK place
country = England
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static_image_caption=The Church "Image from Wikimedia Commons May 2007] ".
latitude = 52.900
longitude = -1.653
map_type = Derbyshire
official_name =Sutton on the Hill
population =
shire_district = South Derbyshire
shire_county = Derbyshire
region = East Midlands
constituency_westminster =
post_town = DERBY
postcode_district = DE6
postcode_area = DE
dial_code =
os_grid_reference = SK234336

Sutton-on-the-Hill is a parish in south Derbyshire eight miles south and west of Derby. The village is widely spread out and contains both a church and a chapel. It was described as "a parish, with two townships and a hamlet" [ [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=1832&st=sutton%20on%20the%20hill IGWE] - John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)] in the 1870s. Now it has no shop, post office or transport links. It does however have a chapel and a fine church, which unlike most of the village, is on the hill.

History

Sutton on the hill is mentioned twice in the Domesday book where it is spelt "Sudtun" and "Sudtune". The book says "Domesday Book: A Complete Translation". London: Penguin, 2003. ISBN 0-14-143994-7 p.744-6] there is one which is a of the manor of Mickleover which at that time belonged to the Abbey of Burton together with other berewicks which included Dalbury, Sudbury and Hilton.

Later the book lists under the title of “The lands of Henry de FerrersHenry held a considerable number of manors including several in Derbyshire given to him by the King. These included obviously Sutton on the Hill, but also included lands in Brailsford, Dalbury and Twyford.]

”In Sutton on the hill Thorir, Alweald, Ubeinn, Leofwine and Eadric had two of land to the . There is land for three ploughs. There are now three ploughs in and nine having seven ploughs. There is a priest and a church and one mill rendering 10 shillings and twenty four acres of meadow. TRETRE in Latin is Tempore Regis Edwardi. This means in the time of King Edward before the Battle of Hastings.] as now sixty shillings. Wazelin holds it.“

In 1801 Sutton on the Hill's total population was 388. In 1901 it was 124. By 1971 the population was 112. [ [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit_page.jsp?u_id=10022332 Vision of Britain] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.derbyshireuk.net/sutton.html Sutton-on-the-Hill at Derbyshire.net]