Sutton-in-Craven
| Sutton-in-Craven | |
| Yorkshire West Riding | |
|---|---|
 St Thomas, Sutton in Craven | |
| Location | |
| Location: | 53°53’31"N, 1°59’35"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 3,714 (2011) |
| Post town: | Keighley |
| Postcode: | BD20 |
| Dialling code: | 01535 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Yorkshire |
Sutton-in-Craven is a village in the Craven area in the west of the West Riding of Yorkshire. It sits in the Aire Valley between Skipton and Keighley. In 2011 the population was recorded as 3,714 at the Census 2011.
The village is adjacent to Glusburn and Cross Hills, but although these three effectively form a small town, Sutton village maintains its distinct identity.
Churches
The Church of England parish church is St Thomas, built 1868–69.
There is also a Baptisyt church.
History
The village existed before 1086 as "Sutun": listed in the Domesday Book. The landowner then was Ravenkeld who was taxed on 240 acres of ploughland., but after the Norman Conquest, William the Conqueror granted lands to Robert de Romille followed by Edmund de Boyvill and then Adam de Copley.
In the 14th century, the village was known as Sutton-in-Ayrdale but became Sutton-in-Craven in 1620.
In the late 17th century Sutton-in-Craven became part of the ancient parish of Kildwick so all Sutton residents were baptised, married and buried at Kildwick Parish Church. But in 1869 Sutton was constituted as a separate ecclesiastical district. Building a church for the new parish started in 1868 and its consecration day was the feast of St. Thomas, 21 December 1869.
Sutton-in-Craven Church of England Primary School opened in 1858.[1]
Industry
The main industry was farming of livestock until the Industrial Revolution when that was largely replaced by the textile industry. One of the oldest mills, Greenroyd Mill at Sutton Clough, was in 1815 Peter Hartley's cotton mill but only the remains of its two dams are still visible. The 1831 Census lists numerous cotton weavers. The Bairstow family were woollen manufacturers from 1838 until 1970 but a nursing home and houses now stand on the site of their mill. Only one of the original mill buildings remains today.
In 1773 the first Bingley to Skipton section of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal passed less than a mile to the north of Sutton. By 1781 the canal joined Leeds to Gargrave, and in 1816 completed the link to Liverpool.
In 1786 the Keighley and Kendal Turnpike road opened, followed in 1823 by the Blackburn to Addingham road, resulting in six stagecoaches a day passing through the area.
In 1847 the Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway opened its Shipley to Skipton section that passes half a mile to the north of Sutton at Kildwick and Crosshills railway station.
About the village
At the south of the village, opposite the Baptist Church, is a park, Sutton Clough, which was formerly part of the Sutton Hall Estate,[2],
Lund's Tower and Wainman's Pinnacle stand on a hill to the south-west.
Craven House, the oldest village building, faces High Street and dates from the late 16th to early 17th centuries.[3]
Gallery
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Lund's Tower on Earl Crag -
Bay Horse Inn -
The Kid Stone -
Lund's Tower
Outside links
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References
- ↑ "Sutton-in-Craven C of E Primary School". http://www.sutton-in-cravencofe.n-yorks.sch.uk/page0.php.
- ↑ "BBC Domesday Reloaded D-block GB-400000-441000 page 13". https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday/dblock/GB-400000-441000/page/13. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
- ↑ "BBC Domesday Reloaded D-block GB-400000-441000 page 15". https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday/dblock/GB-400000-441000/page/15. Retrieved 13 February 2014.