Sutton-on-Sea
| Sutton-on-Sea | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 Boating lake and paddling pool, Sutton on Sea | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF520817 |
| Location: | 53°18’40"N, -0°16’48"E |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Mablethorpe |
| Postcode: | LN12 |
| Dialling code: | 01507 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Lindsey |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Louth and Horncastle |
Sutton-on-Sea is a small coastal village in Lincolnshire, at the junction of the A52 and A1111 roads, 6 miles northeast of Alford and 2 miles south from Mablethorpe.
Village facilities include a post office, public houses, a general store and a hotel, and a paddling pool on the sea front.
The parish church is St Clement. It is a Grade II listed building and was built in 1818-19 on a new site after the previous church was destroyed by the sea.[1]
History
At very low tides it is possible to view the remains of an ancient submerged forest on the beaches of Mablethorpe and Sutton on Sea.[2]
The Alford and Sutton Tramway ran from Alford town to Sutton-on-Sea on rails set into the road. It opened in 1884 and closed 5 years later.[3][4]
Sutton-on-Sea railway station opened as part of the Sutton and Willoughby Railway. It closed on 5 October 1970 by which time it was owned by British Rail.[5]
In 1897 the village was the subject of a plan by the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway to build a port and harbour at the terminus of its East-West line to Warrington on the Manchester Ship Canal.[6] However, by the time the line reached Lincoln the money had run out and Lincoln remained its terminus.[6]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Sutton-on-Sea) |
- MASCOT - Mablethorpe And Sutton Chamber Of Trade
- Photo gallery for Mablethorpe, Trusthorpe, Sutton-On-Sea with images old and new
- Sutton on Sea: Lincolnshire Seaside
- Sutton-on-Sea Community Primary School
References
- ↑ St Clement, Sutton On Sea: English Heritage
- ↑ "Sutton on Sea Forest". Sutton on Sea website. http://www.suttononsea.info/history/forest.htm. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
- ↑ "Alford to Sutton Tramway". Alford Website. http://www.alford.info/town/tram.htm. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
- ↑ "This Is Grimsby". Grimsby. http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/news/End-daily-grind-village-windmill/article-3154299-detail/article.html. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
- ↑ "Disused Stations". Sutton on Sea. Subterranea Brittanica. http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/s/sutton_on_sea/index.shtml. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Cupit, J & Taylor, W., (1984) The Lancashire , Derbyshire & East Coast Railway Usk: Oakwood Press. ISBN 0853613028