Sutton cum Lound

Sutton Cum Lound is a village located in Bassetlaw, north Nottinghamshire. It is located 3 miles from Retford. The civil parish is called Sutton. According to the 2001 census it has a population of 687,[1] including Tithby and falling slightly to 673 at the 2011 census.[2] The parish church of St Bartholomew is Norman, rebuilt in the Perpendicular style, with "unbridled curvilinear tracery" in the chancel windows.[3] The village has a primary school. It borders the village of Barnby Moor which is about 1 mile away and is also very close to the village of Lound. The village has a number of public footpaths and walks such as those on Mire Hill.

Sutton cum Lound
Sutton cum Lound is located in Nottinghamshire
Sutton cum Lound
Sutton cum Lound
Location within Nottinghamshire
Population673 (2011)
OS grid referenceSK681847
Civil parish
  • Sutton
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townRETFORD
Postcode districtDN22
Dialling code01777
PoliceNottinghamshire
FireNottinghamshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament

In 958, King Edgar granted an estate at Sutton to Oscytel, Archbishop of York.[4]

The village sometimes has traffic problems caused by the Level crossing on Station Road which leads to Barnby Moor, The crossing goes over the East Coast Main Line, which is a very busy railway line. However, there are three entrances to the village in total.

The village is also very close to Wetlands Wildlife Park near Lound and many of its fishing lakes, as well as the Idle Valley Nature Reserve wetlands Site of Special Scientific Interest to the east of the village within walking distance.

Mike Reid, an actor who played the part of Frank Butcher in the BBC programme EastEnders used to live in the village in the late 1970s.

See also

References
  1. "Area: Sutton cum Lound CP (Parish"
  2. "Civil parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  3. Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1979. The Buildings of England:Nottinghamshire. page 343.Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin.
  4. Woodman, David, ed. (2012). Charters of Northern Houses. Anglo-Saxon Charters. Vol. 16. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press for the British Academy. pp. 110–118. ISBN 978-0-19-726529-1.

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