Sutton on the Hill

Sutton on the Hill
Sutton on the Hill is located in Derbyshire
Sutton on the Hill
Sutton on the Hill
Location within Derbyshire
Population123 (2011)
OS grid referenceSK234336
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townASHBOURNE
Postcode districtDE6
Dialling code01283
PoliceDerbyshire
FireDerbyshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
List of places
UK
England
Derbyshire
52°54′00″N 1°39′11″W / 52.900°N 1.653°W / 52.900; -1.653

Sutton-on-the-Hill is a parish in south Derbyshire, eight miles (13 km) west of Derby. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 123.[1] The village is widely spread out and contains both a church (which, unlike most of the village, is on the hill) and a chapel. It was described as "a parish, with two townships and a hamlet"[2] in the 1870s. Now it has no shop or post office and limited public transport links. Sutton on the Hill is primarily an agricultural area with former dairy farms at either end of the village, along with the Sutton Estate Farm.[citation needed] The village school has been converted into a village hall[3] and has a nursery school for the local villages.[4]

History

Sutton on the Hill is mentioned twice in the Domesday book where it is spelt Sudtun and Sudtune. The book says[5] there is one carucate which is a berewick 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.

The Lychgate

Later, the book lists under the title of "The lands of Henry de Ferrers":[6]

"In Sutton on the hill Thorir, Alweald, Ubeinn, Leofwine and Eadric had two carucates of land to the geld. There is land for three ploughs. There are now three ploughs in demesne and nine villans having seven ploughs. There is a priest and a church and one mill rendering 10 shillings and twenty four acres of meadow. TRE[7] as now sixty shillings. Wazelin holds it."

The 1838 Chapel

The parish of Sutton on the Hill used to contain the settlements of Ash, Osleston and Thurvaston. The manor had at one time been owned by the Blue Coat Hospital and Library in Manchester as it was bought as part of charity set up in the will of Humphrey Chetham. The rights to appoint the vicar was purchased by German Buckston(e) in 1834.[8] In 1801 Sutton on the Hill's total population was 388. In 1901 it was 124, and by 1961 it was 95.[9]

Notable residents

George Buckston played for Derbyshire Cricket Club and was High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1926. His son Robin was captain of Derbyshire County Cricket Club and High Sheriff in 1960. Current Derby County and former England U-21 goalkeeper Stephen Bywater also lives in the area. Other notable residents include Michael Seals CBE, chairman of the Animal Sentience Committee of the UK, and Eric Steele, English footballer and goalkeeping coach.[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  2. ^ Wilson, John Marius (1870–1872). "Sutton-on-the-Hill". Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. London & Edinburgh: A. Fullarton and Co. – via Vision of Britain.
  3. ^ "Sutton on the Hill Village Hall". HallsHire.com. 11 January 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Home page". Sutton on the Hill Pre-School. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  5. ^ Domesday Book: A Complete Translation. London: Penguin. 2003. pp. 744–746. ISBN 0-14-143994-7.
  6. ^ Henry 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.
  7. ^ TRE in Latin is Tempore Regis Edwardi. This means in the time of King Edward before the Battle of Hastings.
  8. ^ Bagshaw, Samuel (1846). History, Gazetteer and Directory of Derbyshire, with the Town of Burton-upon-Trent. Sheffield: William Saxton. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  9. ^ "Sutton on the Hill CP/AP". Vision of Britain. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 20 March 2022.

Further reading

  • Hartley, Michael (1991). Sutton on the Hill: A History of the Parish of Osleston Thurvaston Sutton and Ashe. ASIN B00328E6WK.

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