Sutterby, Lincolnshire
Historical Description
Sutterby, a village and a parish in Lincolnshire, 5 miles WSW of Alford, and 5 N by W from Spilsby stations on the East Lincolnshire section of the G.N.R. Post town, Spilsby. Acreage, 477; population, 36. There are some barrows on the downs to the E of the village. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln; gross value, £125. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is a small and plain building in the Perpendicular style.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Lincolnshire | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Sutterby St. John the Baptist | |
Poor Law union | Spilsby | |
Wapentake | Candleshoe |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Findmypast, in conjunction with the Lincolnshire Archives, have the following parish records online for Sutterby:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1589-1911 | 1603-1909 | 1589-1803 |
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Sutterby from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Sutterby (St. John the Baptist))
Maps
Online maps of Sutterby are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Lincolnshire papers online: