Official Name: | Sutton |
Static Image Name: | The Anne Arms, Sutton. - geograph.org.uk - 237622.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | The Anne Arms public house |
Map Type: | South Yorkshire |
Coordinates: | 53.605°N -1.169°W |
Os Grid Reference: | SE545140 |
Civil Parish: | Norton |
Metropolitan Borough: | Doncaster |
Metropolitan County: | South Yorkshire |
Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Country: | England |
Post Town: | DONCASTER |
Postcode Area: | DN |
Postcode District: | DN6 |
Dial Code: | 01302 |
Constituency Westminster: | Doncaster North |
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]