Sutton, Suffolk
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| Sutton shown within Suffolk | |
| Population | 1,804 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | TM305455 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Woodridge |
| Postcode district | IP12 |
| Dialling code | 01394 |
| Police | Suffolk |
| Fire | Suffolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
Sutton is a village and a civil parish on the B1083 road, in the Suffolk Coastal district, in the county of Suffolk, England. Sutton has a pub, a mobile post office and a place of worship. There is also the hamlet of Sutton Street and the Sutton Common estate nearby.
Sutton in Old English means "Southern Farm"; 'sut' meaning south and 'ton' meaning farmstead or settlement.
John Marius Wilson described Sutton in the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1868) as
The Doomsday is the oldest public record, the book features information on Sutton as early as 1086. In 1086 there were 77 families living in Sutton and the Lord of Sutton was a Lord Robert Mallet.
According to the 1831 Enumeration there were 680 people living in Sutton. 100 of the 126 Families in Sutton at the time were said to be "..chiefly employed in Agriculture. All parishes within the hundred of Wilford, including Sutton, according to this information had families working primarily in agriculture. Arthur Young toured Suffolk in 1784 and wrote three accounts of farmers he was introduced to in Sutton of which: "Mr. William Waller, of Sutton, one of the greatest farmers in the neighbourhood, has 2700 acres, ploughs 1000, and has above 1000 sheep. Other statistics taken from the 1831 Census were Social status. These statistics state that over three-quarters of the people living in Sutton were labourers and servants. Meanwhile, only a very small fraction of the population made up the middling sorts, that is owners of small farms. These statistics are based upon the contemporary ideas of social status not as people would judge them today.
All Saints church was built in 1555 and was largely reconstructed by the Victorians. This medieval church has a font that dates back before the Reformation which is strange as the Church now belongs to the Church of England. The font is the only remnants of a pre-Reformation church as it burnt down in the 17th century. There is also a small Baptist Church called the Chapel located on Main Road that was founded in 1813.
Brian Forster Morton Franks DSO MC TD (1910–1982), a former Lieutenant Colonel in the Special Air Service and an agent of MI6 is buried in the churchyard.
He was educated at Eton College in Windsor, Berkshire. He fought in the Second World War and was awarded a Military Cross (MC) in 1943. He gained the rank of lieutenant colonel in the service of the Middlesex Yeomanry and added a Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in 1944. He was further decorated with the awards of the Légion d'honneur and the Croix de Guerre. He gained the rank of honorary colonel in the service of the 21st SAS Regiment.
In 1954 a Memorial Hall was built to commemorate all the soldiers from Sutton who fought in the Second World War. The hall was built by local people; both men and women participated in plastering the walls, donating electric heaters and buying curtains. The opening ceremony was held on 30 October 1958.
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