Sutton-on-the-Forest

Sutton-on-the-Forest

Sutton-on-the-Forest is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is convert|10|mi|km|0|lk=on north of York and convert|5|mi|km|0|lk=off southeast of Easingwold.

Laurence Sterne

Laurence Sterne was the vicar of this parish, but when the parsonage house was destroyed by fire, he moved to nearby Coxwold. While in Sutton he conceived, wrote and published the first two books of Tristram Shandy. It is probable that the book was based on Sutton and the people who lived in and around it, and Sutton on the Forest may be regarded as the true birthplace of the modern novel.Fact|date=November 2007

Sutton Park

Sutton Park is a fine house nearby built of mellow brick by Thomas Atkinson. The House contains beautiful eighteenth century furniture, paintings mostly from Buckingham House, now Buckingham Palace, and an important collection of porcelain. Magnificent plaster work by Cortese. The House is a fine example of early Georgian architecture overlooking beautiful parkland. It is filled with a rich collection of treasures all put together with great style and always filled with flowers from the garden.

Each year the village celebrates its countryside heritage in the Huby and Sutton show in Sutton Park.

External links

* [http://www.statelyhome.co.uk Sutton Park Website]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Sutton — may mean:PlacesSutton, meaning south settlement in Saxon, is a very common place name. Places named Sutton include:United KingdomIn London:* London Borough of Sutton ** which includes Sutton, London ** historically Sutton Urban DistrictIn… …   Wikipedia

  • Sutton Park, Yorkshire — Sutton Park is an 18th century Georgian country house situated on the edge of the village of Sutton on the Forest, North Yorkshire, England. It is approxomately 10 miles north of York, in the ancient Forest of Galtres. The house, a Grade I listed …   Wikipedia

  • Sutton (St Helens) — Sutton is a district of St Helens, originally in the county of Lancashire but now in Merseyside, England. Derived from Sud Tun, the Old English for South Town, Sutton is located in the south of St Helens and dates back hundreds of years. It was… …   Wikipedia

  • Forest of Lyme — The Forest of Lyme (pronounced “Lime”) is a former forest in the present day counties of Cheshire, Staffordshire and parts of Derbyshire. Parts of the forest remain and its name is preserved in many local place names.LocationThe Forest of Lyme… …   Wikipedia

  • The Wizard of Oz (TV series) — The Wizard of Oz is an animated television series produced in 1990 to capitalize on the 50th anniversary of the 1939 classic film. It ran on ABC from 1990 1991, and was subsequently repeated on the Disney Channel and HBO in the 1990s, and on Toon …   Wikipedia

  • Sutton Coldfield — infobox UK place country = England latitude= 52.563 longitude= 1.822 official name= Sutton Coldfield metropolitan borough= Birmingham region= West Midlands metropolitan county = West Midlands population= 105,452 (2001 Census) constituency… …   Wikipedia

  • List of schools in Yorkshire and the Humber — The following is a partial list of currently operating schools in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. You may also find of use to find a particular school. See also the List of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom.Listed by local… …   Wikipedia

  • Sutton Park — Location map West Midlands lat=52.56174 long= 1.85392 width=200 float=right caption= Sutton Park shown within the West Midlands (gbmapping|SP1096)Sutton Park, in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, England, is one of the largest urban parks in Europe… …   Wikipedia

  • Sutton Forest, New South Wales — Sutton Forest (coord|34|34|S|150|19|E|region:AU NSW type:city(191)) is a small village in the Southern Highlands, 5 km southwest of Moss Vale on the Illawarra Highway in Wingecarribee Shire. It is about 1 1/2 hours drive southwest of Sydney. In… …   Wikipedia

  • Forest Green Rovers F.C. — Forest Green Rovers Full name Forest Green Rovers Football Club Nickname(s) Rovers The Green FGR The Little Club On The Hill Green Army The Lawnmowers …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”