Everything about Sutton On The Hill totally explained
Sutton-on-the-Hill is a
parish in south
Derbyshire eight miles south and west of
Derby. The village is widely spread out and contains both a church and a chapel. It was described as "a parish, with two townships and a hamlet" in the 1870s. Now it has no shop, post office or transport links. It does however have a chapel and a fine church, which unlike most of the village, is on the hill.
History
Sutton on the hill is mentioned twice in the
Domesday book where it's spelt
Sudtun and
Sudtune. The book says there's one which is a of the manor of
Mickleover which at that time belonged to the
Abbey of Burton together with other berewicks which included
Dalbury,
Sudbury and
Hilton.
Later the book lists under the title of “The lands of
Henry de Ferrers”In Sutton on the hill Thorir, Alweald, Ubeinn, Leofwine and Eadric had two of land to the . There is land for three ploughs. There are now three ploughs in and nine having seven ploughs. There is a priest and a church and one mill rendering 10 shillings and twenty four acres of meadow. TRE as now sixty shillings. Wazelin holds it.“
In 1801 Sutton on the Hill's total population was 388. In 1901 it was 124. By 1971 the population was 112.
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