Sutterton
| Sutterton | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 St. Mary the Blessed Virgin, Sutterton | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF283357 |
| Location: | 52°53’37"N, 0°4’54"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,585 (2011) |
| Post town: | Boston |
| Postcode: | PE20 |
| Dialling code: | 01205 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Boston |
Sutterton is a village and rural parish in the Holland part of Lincolnshire, within the Kirton Wapentake. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,585.[1]
Sutterton parish church is dedicated to St Mary the Blessed Virgin.[2]
Geography
Sutterton lies approximately six miles south-west of Boston, near the junction of the A16 and A17 roads, and on the B1397 (formerly A16). The village of Kirton lies two miles to the north-west. The Spalding bypass opened as the 'Spalding-Sutterton Improvement' in 1995.
Community
Sutterton has a post office and general store, one public house and restaurant, fish and chip shop, a garden centre, veterinary practice and doctors' practice and a village hall used in conjunction with the primary school. Close to the east is Algarkirk with which Sutterton shares Sutterton Fourfields Primary School.[3] Before 1970, the two villages also shared the Algarkirk and Sutterton railway station[4] on the Spalding to Boston line, now next to the A16.
References
- ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11129302&c=Sutterton&d=16&e=62&g=6445752&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1464704432794&enc=1. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
- ↑ St Mary's church, Sutterton; retrieved 10 April 2011
- ↑ Sutterton Fourfields Primary School; retrieved 10 April 2011
- ↑ "Old Station" geograph.org.uk; retrieved 10 April 2011
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Sutterton) |
- "Sutterton" Genuki. Retrieved 10 April 2011