Sutton on Trent

The parish had a Working Men's Institute founded in 1882 by George BUXTON. It had current newspapers and magazines and a library of over 1,000 volumes. The Institute was still in operation in 1904.

The Library at Newark-on-Trent will prove useful in your research.

• A public cemetery was established here before 1881.
   
• MAT FASCIONE has a photograph of the Sutton on Trent Cemetery on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2016.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the entrance gate to the Cemetery on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2014.
   
• Miss STEEL has a photograph of the lych gate on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2011.
   
• All the grave stones in the churchyard were moved to the edges some years ago and the graveyard was leveled.
   

• The parish was in the Kneesal sub-district of the Southwell Registration District.
   
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
   

• There was a Saxon church here, listed in the 1086 Domesday Book, but all traces have disappeared.
   
• The core of the church was built in the 13th century.
   
• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
   
• The church was repaired in 1848.
   
• The church tower was repaired in 1902-03.
   
• The church seats 350.
   
• The church is a Grade I listed building with British Heritage.
   
• Andrew HILL has a photograph of All Saints Church on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2010.
   
• Richard CROFT has a photograph of the church tower on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2009.
   

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1584 and is in good condition.
   
• The church was in the rural deanery of Collingham.
   
• The Baptists built a chapel here in 1818.
   
• The Primitive Methodists built a chapel here in 1841.
   
• The Wesleyan Methodists built a chapel here in 1878.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the Methodist Church on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2014.
   

• The parish was in the Kneesal sub-district of the Southwell Registration District.
   
• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
   

Sutton-on-Trent is a large village and a parish on the bank of the River Trent. The parish is 8 miles north-west of Newark and 128 miles north of London The parish covers 2,930 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A612 arterial road out of Nottingham. This road runs right through the village of Lowdham.
   
• Check the Carlberry site for Bus service.
   
• There is still a railway station at Lowdham, but the webpage author is unsure if passenger service is still available.
   

• Geograph
• Flickr

• We have an extract from White's 1853 Directory relating to this parish.

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Sutton on Trent to another place.

John ADCOCK appears in 1841 census, male, age 35. His wife Mary is also 35, daughter Mary, age 15, and two sons, George, age 10, and William, age 5.

• This village was formerly a market town, but the market was long disused.
   
• The village held a feast on the first of November each year. You can join them this year after visiting Sutton Village Festival.
   
• Sutton Mill was a stone tower windmill built in 1825. It has since been converted to a house.
   
• Richard CROFT has a photograph of the windmill on Geo-graph, taken in December, 2005.
   
• Around 1900 the parish was known for its basket making.
   
• Richard CROFT has a photograph of the Flood History of the village on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2009.
   

• See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK800659 (Lat/Lon: 53.184192, -0.8043), Sutton on Trent which are provided by:

• OpenStreetMap
• Google Maps
• StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
• Bing (was Multimap)
• Old Maps Online
• National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
• Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
• English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
• Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
• GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)

• All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.

• The Great War Bulletin ('Our Nottinghamshire' site) for December 7, 1914 tells us that three men of Sutton-on-Trent had been appointed as "Special Constables" to assist the police force in the event of a German invasion: W. J. EVERTON, insurance agent; Thomas MARSHALL, basket maker; James DYE, ex-Police sergeant.
   
• The Great War Bulletin ('Our Nottinghamshire' site) for April 19th, 1915 reveals the horrors of trench warfare as experienced by local lad: George BURGESS. On the same page is a report that Rueben HOLLINGWORTH from this parish had written his father about his escape from a burning guardhouse.
   
• Inside the parish church there is an alabaster War Memorial panel with a crucifix from circa 1918.
   

These are the men listed in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission database:

The names from the plaque in the church of the 24 men from the parish who died in WWI are:

1. Brett, Noel H.
2. Burgess, George N.
3. Carpendale, Reuben
4. Chambers, John
5. Cobb, Charles
6. Cobb, George W.
7. Gill, Walter
8. Gumsley, William
9. Hall, Harry
10. Hallam, William
11. Hayes, James
12. Hinchliff, Frank
13. Johnson, J. Bernard
14. Longmate, A. Gerald
15. Moore, Gerald W.
16. Pilkington, Ernest
17. Riley, Frank
18. Rogerson, H. Noel
19. Selby, Frank Palmer
20. Shipley, William
21. Simpson, Cecil H.
22. Taylor, W. Barron
23. West, Arthur
24. Woods, Ernest L.

• The Newark Great War Bulletin ('Our Nottinghamshire' site) for November 30th, 1914 tells us that Stoker 1st Class William SHIPLEY was on HMS Good Hope which was lost in the Battle of Coronel off Chile. SHIPLEY's middle initial was "H".
   
• The Newark Great War Bulletin ('Our Nottinghamshire' site) for June 7th, 1915 tells us that private Frank RILEY of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry had been killed in action on 8 May.
   
• The Newark Great War Bulletin ('Our Nottinghamshire' site) for August 30th, 1915 tells us that private Frank Palmer SELBY, age 24, of the 1/4th Berkshire Regiment had been killed well behind the lines by a long-range shell.
   

• This place was an ancient parish in Nottinghamshire and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
   
• The parish was in the northern division of the ancient Thurgarton Hundred (Wapentake) in the northern division of the county.
   
• You may contact the local Sutton-on-Trent parish council regarding civic or political matters, but they are NOT a resource for family history questions.
   
• The parish currently operates as part of the Newark and Sherwood district.
   

• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Newark petty session hearings.
   
• The Common Land was enclosed here in 1803.
   
• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act reforms, this parish became part of the Southwell Poor Law Union.
   

Year	Population
1801	614
1811	731
1821	884
1841	1,112
1851	1,262
1871	1,056
1881	966
1891	969
1901	873

• A Board School was leased from the Church School Trustees. The school was endowed in 1816 with £120 by Mrs. Mary SPRIGG.
   
• An Education Committee was formed of six people in 1903.  Thomas Edward DAY was the correspondent to The Education Committee.