Sutton Grange, North Yorkshire Explained

Country:England
Static Image:North Sutton farmhouse - geograph.org.uk - 643926.jpg
Static Image Caption:Farmhouse in Sutton Grange
Coordinates:54.1625°N -1.5665°W
Official Name:Sutton Grange
Civil Parish:North Stainley with Sleningford
Unitary England:North Yorkshire
Lieutenancy England:North Yorkshire
Region:Yorkshire and the Humber
Post Town:RIPON
Postcode District:HG4
Postcode Area:HG
Os Grid Reference:SE284740

Sutton Grange is a hamlet in the civil parish of North Stainley with Sleningford, in North Yorkshire, England, 2miles north west of Ripon.

History

The name "Sutton" means 'South farm/settlement'.[1] Sutton Grange was recorded in the Domesday Book as Sudton/Sudtunen.[2] It was historically a township in the parish of Ripon in the West Riding of Yorkshire,[3] and became a separate civil parish in 1866.[4] In 1971 the parish had a population of 40.[5] In 1974 it was transferred to Harrogate district in North Yorkshire, and on 1 April 1988 it was absorbed into the civil parish of North Stainley with Sleningford.[6]

Sutton Grange was the site of a grange of Fountains Abbey.[7] Earthworks surrounding an enclosure known as Hall Garth represent the only visible remains of the grange.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sutton Grange Key to English Place-names. The University of Nottingham. 22 May 2024.
  2. Web site: Place name: Sutton Grange. The National Archives. 22 May 2024.
  3. Web site: History of Sutton Grange, in Harrogate and West Riding. A Vision of Britain through Time. 22 May 2024.
  4. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10470705 Vision of Britain: Sutton Grange CP
  5. Web site: Population statistics Sutton Grange CP/Tn through time. A Vision of Britain through Time. 22 May 2024.
  6. Harrogate (Parishes) Order 1988, Web site: Department of the Environment. Bulletin of changes of Local Authorities status, names and areas. 1987–88. 6. 26 June 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131203033524/http://www.lgbce.org.uk/__documents/records-and-resources/bulletins-published-by-dclg/change---bulletin-1987-1988.pdf. 3 December 2013.
  7. Book: Smith, A. H.. Albert Hugh Smith

    . Albert Hugh Smith. The Place-names of the West Riding of Yorkshire. 5. Cambridge University Press. 1961. 162.

  8. 52119 . 26 February 2014.