Sutton on Trent
"Sutton-Upon-Trent is a large and well built village and parish, situated on the
Great North Road, and on the west bank of the Trent, eight miles north of
Newark. Its parish contains 1,273 inhabitants, and 2,450 acres of land,
enclosed in 1803, when land was awarded to Sir Edward Hulse, the impropriator,
and to the vicar in lieu of tithes. J.E. Denison Esq. is now the principal
owner and lord of the manor, which anciently belonged to the Suttons, one of
whose co-heiresses married Bertram Monboucher, who in the reign of Edward III
claimed a market every Monday, and a fair for two days, on the eve and feast of
St James the Apostle, but they have long been disused. There is a hiring for
servants on May Day and Martinmas. Mr John Esam, Mr William Palmer, Mr Samuel
Pennington, Mr James Buttery, Miss Elizabeth Downing and many others are small
freeholders.
The church is a handsome structure, dedicated to All Saints, with a tower and
five bells. It formerly had a slender spire, which was taken down a few years
ago. It is a vicarage, valued in the King's books at £5 6s 8d, now £290.
The Rev. Richard Thompson is the incumbent and patron, having purchased the next
presentation from the Hulse family."
[White's "Directory of Nottinghamshire," 1853]
- A public cemetery was established here before 1881.
- The parish was in the Kneesal sub-district of the Southwell Registration District.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2475 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
- The church was repaired in 1848.
- The church was restored in 1902-03.
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1586 and is in good condition.
- The church was in the rural deanery of Collingham.
- The Baptists built a chapel here in 1811.
- The Primitive Methodists built a chapel here in 1841.
- The Wesleyan Methodists built a chapel here in 1878.
- The parish was in the Kneesal sub-district of the Southwell Registration District.
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
Sutton-on-Trent is a large village and a parish on the bank of the River Trent. The parish is 8 miles north-west of Newark and 128 miles north of London The parish covers 2,930 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, take the A612 arterial road out of Nottingham. This road runs right through the village of Lowdham.
- Check the Carlberry site for Bus service.
- There is still a railway station at Lowdham, but the webpage author is unsure if passenger service is still available.
- This village was formerly a market town, but the market was long disused.
- The village held a feast on the first of November each year. You can join them this year after visiting Sutton Village Festival.
- Sutton Mill was a stone tower windmill built in 1825. It has since been converted to a house.
- The national grid reference is SK 7965.
- You'll want an Ordinance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- This place was an ancient parish in Nottinghamshire and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the northern division of the ancient Thurgarton Hundred (Wapentake) in the northern division of the county.
- The parish currently operates as part of the Newark and Sherwood district .
- The Common Land was enclosed here in 1803.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act reforms, this parish became part of the Southwell Poor Law Union.
| Year |
Population |
| 1801 |
614 |
| 1811 |
731 |
| 1841 |
1,112 |
| 1851 |
1,262 |
| 1881 |
966 |
| 1891 |
969 |
| 1901 |
873 |
- A Board School was leased from the Church School Trustees. The school was endowed in 1816 with £120 by Mrs. Mary SPRIGG.
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[Last updated: 30-September-2011 - Louis R. Mills]
