Sutton | |
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The Anne Arms public house | |
Location within
South Yorkshire | |
OS grid reference | SE545140 |
Civil parish | |
Metropolitan borough | |
Metropolitan county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | DONCASTER |
Postcode district | DN6 |
Dialling code | 01302 |
Police | South Yorkshire |
Fire | South Yorkshire |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
UK Parliament | |
Sutton is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Norton, in the City of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. It lies at approximately 53° 36' 20" North, 1° 10' West, at an elevation of around 26 feet above sea level, west of Askern and south of Campsall. In 1931 the civil parish had a population of 156. [1]
The name "Sutton" means 'South farm/settlement'. [2] Sutton was recorded in the Domesday Book as Sutone. [3] Sutton was formerly a township in the parishes of Burgh-Wallis and Campsall, [4] from 1866 Sutton was a civil parish in its own right, [5] on 1 April 1938 the parish was abolished and merged with Norton. [6]