Sutton in the Isle, Cambridgeshire

Historical Description

Sutton or Sutton-in-the Isle, a village and a parish in Cambridgeshire. The village stands on the Ely, Sutton, and St Ives branch of the G.E.R., on which it has a station, 6 miles W by S of Ely. It occupies an eminence with a commanding view, consists chiefly of two long parallel streets joined by several steep lanes, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Ely. The parish comprises 7115 acres of land and 30 of water; population, 1433. There is a parish council consisting of nine members. The manor belongs to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. Saxon coins, rings, and silver plates were found in 1654. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely; gross value, £1214, net £338 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Ely. The church is of the 14th century, and has a pinnacled tower with octagon spire. There are Wesleyan, Baptist, and Free Methodist chapels.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

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 Sutton in the Isle from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Sutton (St. Andrew))

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cambridgeshire is available to browse.

Maps

Online maps of Sutton in the Isle 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 Cambridgeshire papers online:

• Cambridge Independent Press
• Cambridge Chronicle and Journal
• Huntingdon, Bedford & Peterborough Gazette

Visitations Heraldic

The Visitations of Cambridgeshire 1575 and 1619 is available online.