Sutton-on-the-Forest

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Sutton-on-the-Forest is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is 10 miles (16 km) north of York and 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Easingwold.

[edit] 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.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] 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.