Bishop's Sutton
| Bishop's Sutton | |
| Hampshire | |
|---|---|
 Bishops Sutton main street with public house | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU607319 |
| Location: | 51°4’60"N, 1°8’7"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 419 (2011) |
| Post town: | Alresford |
| Postcode: | SO24 |
| Dialling code: | 01962 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Winchester |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Winchester |
Bishop's Sutton is a village in Hampshire, a mile east of the market town of Alresford in the middle of the county. The 2001 census recorded a population of 419, increasing to 463 at the 2011 Census.
Geography
History
In the Domesday Book, the Bishop's Sutton was recorded as Sudtone (which included Ropley and Bramdean), and the Hundred of Bishop's Sutton was known as the hundred of Esselei, and comprised those places as well as West Tisted. Eselei, which was a small hundred, remained the hundred until the eighteenth century when the law was amended to make it part of the Hundred of Bishop's Sutton.
A gazetteer of 1868 links Bishops Sutton with a former residence of the Bishop of Winchester which was then used as a malthouse.[1] However, in 1872 it is recorded that the Bishops once had a palace in the village with the only alleged remains being its kennel.[2] The 1871 population was 537 in 114 houses.[2]
The village has a number of historic buildings and many are thatched, with it being part of a conservation area. The Norman Church of St Nicholas, built in the 12th century, is a Grade I listed building.[3] It consists of a simple two-bay structure of a nave and chancel although additions were made to it through the mediæval period and into the Victorian era.[4]
The village also has the grade II* 17th/18th Century brick-built Sutton Manor House which is on the sight of an earlier timber-framed construction.[5] Its garden wall is also Grade II listed.[6]
There are also a number of grade II properties: Western Court Farmhouse,[7] Old Ship Cottages,[8] Newhouse Farmhouse,[9] The Ship Inn public house,[10] 1 and 2 Church Lane,[11][12] Old Mill House,[13] The Old Post Office,[14] Tavy Cottage Yeoman's Cottage,[15] Dairy Cottage,[16] Grove Cottage[17] and Bassett Farm Cottage and its granary.[18][19] Several of these entries show elements of Tudor architecture.
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References
- ↑ The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wilson, John Marius: Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (A. Fullerton & Co., 1870)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1350825: Church of St Nicholas (Grade I listing)
- ↑ "St Nicholas Church Bishop's Sutton, the place of Bishops and surgeons and heroines". Hampshire History. http://www.hampshire-history.com/st-nicholas-church-bishops-sutton/. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1350823: Sutton Manor House (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1155368: Garden wall in front of Sutton Manor House (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1095140: Western Court Farmhouse (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1095141: Old Ship Cottages (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1095142: Newhouse Farmhouse (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1155381: The Ship Inn (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1095144: 1 Church Lane (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1155429: 2 Church Lane (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1155481: Old Mill House (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1155485: The Old Post Office (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1263394: Tavy Cottage Yeoman's Cottage (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1303344: Dairy Cottage (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1303372: Grove Cottage (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1350824: Bassett Farm Cottage (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1095143: Granary NW of Bassetts Farm Cottage (Grade II listing)