Sutton on the Hill
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  Sutton on the Hill shown within Derbyshire |
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| District | South Derbyshire |
| Shire county | Derbyshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | DERBY |
| Postcode district | DE6 |
| Police | Derbyshire |
| Fire | Derbyshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| European Parliament | East Midlands |
| List of places: UK • England • Derbyshire | |
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" [2] 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.
[edit] History
Sutton on the hill is mentioned twice in the Domesday book where it is spelt Sudtun and Sudtune. The book says [3] 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.
Later the book lists under the title of “The lands of Henry de Ferrers[4]
”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[5] 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.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Image from Wikimedia Commons May 2007
- ^ IGWE - John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)
- ^ Domesday Book: A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 2003. ISBN 0-14-143994-7 p.744-6
- ^ 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.
- ^ TRE in Latin is Tempore Regis Edwardi. This means in the time of King Edward before the Battle of Hastings.
- ^ Vision of Britain
