Sutton upon Tern
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 A picture taken from the Norman earthwork (a scheduled ancient monument) on Fordhall Farm, Sutton-upon-Tern. |
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 Sutton upon Tern
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| Sutton upon Tern shown within Shropshire | |
| Population | 1,232 (2011 Census) |
| OS grid reference | SJ666317 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MARKET DRAYTON |
| Postcode district | TF9 |
| Dialling code | 01630 |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Shropshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| EU Parliament | West Midlands |
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Sutton upon Tern is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. Expanded in 1914 after the abolition of the parish Drayton in Hales, Its name in Old English means 'South farm/settlement' on the River Tern. It is situated south of Market Drayton, on the River Tern.
In the 2011 census it had a population of 1,232, the majority of them between the ages of 35–55. A description of Sutton upon Tern was written in the early 1870s:
It is unusual in that a small area of the parish, at Ternhill, is almost an exclave of the parish (only a 5m wide strip of land joins it with the bulk of the parish).
Located north-west within the parish, is Service Family Accommodation for nearby Clive Barracks. "The housing estates are not behind the wire and consist of two areas; Buntingsdale Park (mainly Officer's housing) and Buntingsdale Estate for other ranks". There is a local Primary School, Buntingsdale Primary School and pub nearby.
The parish also includes the hamlet of Woodseaves, in the east of the parish on the A529. Woodseaves is also the midpoint of the longest north–south axis of the UK. Other than a few houses there is a nearby public house, The Four Alls Inn, Garden centre and narrow gauge railway attraction.
Along the Western border of the parish runs the A41 that is built upon a Roman Road linking the fort of Mediolanum (Whitchurch) to Pennocrucium (Stretton, Staffordshire).
Tyrley (Tirley) Castle was located North-East in the parish alongside the present day A529. "The castle built after the conquest by the Pantulfs" is believed to date back to 1066 and later rebuilt in stone in the thirteenth-century. The castle succeeded by a newly built Manor house in the 1280s which fell into disrepair, with an eighteenth-century farmhouse built upon the site to this day.
Sutton upon Tern was mentioned in the 1086 Domesday book where it resided in a district called 'Wrockwardine' under the ownership of Roger of Courseulles who was recorded as Tenant-in-chief. Sutton upon Tern was recorded as having 1 mill and 12 households, containing 9 villagers, 7 ploughlands, 9 smallholders, 2 plough teams and 1 lord's plough teams.
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