Full Sutton is a village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

in the

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, England. It is situated approximately east of the village of Stamford Bridge. According to the

2011 UK Census A census of the population of the United Kingdom is taken every ten years. The 2011 census was held in all countries of the UK on 27 March 2011. It was the first UK census which could be completed online via the Internet. The Office for National ...

, Full Sutton parish had a population of 1,072, an increase on the

2001 UK Census A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194. The 2001 UK census was organised by the Office for National ...

figure of 977. Located at Full Sutton is a high security

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, HMP Full Sutton. Full Sutton is also home to a former air force station,

RAF Full Sutton Royal Air Force Full Sutton or RAF Full Sutton is a former Royal Air Force station located south east of Stamford Bridge, East Riding of Yorkshire and north west of Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The base did not open until M ...

. Opened in 1944, the station operated as a bomber airfield during the

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. It would later be used to maintain a number of

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s in readiness as part of the UK deterrent force, before finally closing in April 1963. During 1958 the

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organised four races on the airfield's runways and perimeter roads ( Full Sutton Circuit). Full Sutton is now used as a general aviation airfield, with its own training facilities for the aspiring pilot. The place was recorded in the ''Domesday Book'' as ''Sudtone'', meaning "south settlement". The prefix, first recorded in the 13th century, means "dirty", from the Old English ''fūl''.

Governance

The parish has a joint parish council with

Skirpenbeck Skirpenbeck is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated north-west of Stamford Bridge just north of the A166 road. According to the 2011 UK census, Skirpenbeck parish had a population of 192, an in ...

, known as the Parish Council of Full Sutton and Skirpenbeck.

References

* {{authority control Villages in the East Riding of Yorkshire Civil parishes in the East Riding of Yorkshire