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Sutterton is a village and rural parish in the
Boston District of
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershire ...
, England. The population of the
Civil Parish
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at the 2011 census was 1,585.
Governance
The parish used to form part of the
Boston Rural District
Boston was a rural district in Holland, Lincolnshire, Holland, Lincolnshire from 1894 to 1974. It was formed from the Boston rural sanitary district by the Local Government Act 1894 and did not include the municipal borough of Boston, Lincolnshire ...
, in the
Parts of Holland
The Parts of Holland is a historical division of Lincolnshire, England, encompassing the south-east of the county. The name is still recognised locally and survives in the district of South Holland.
Administration
Parts of Holland was one of th ...
. Holland was one of the three divisions of the traditional County of Lincolnshire. Since the
Local Government Act
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The Bill for an Act with this short title may have been known ...
of 1888 Holland had been, in most respects, a county in itself.
The village is one of eighteen
parishes
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which, together with
Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...
, form the
Borough of Boston
The Borough of Boston is a local government district with borough status in Lincolnshire, England. Its council is based in the town of Boston. The borough covers a wider area that includes villages such as Wyberton, Butterwick, Kirton-in-Hollan ...
in
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershire ...
. Local governance has been arranged as such since the reorganization of 1 April 1974 resulting from the
Local Government Act 1972
The Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974. It was one of the most significant Acts of Parliament to be passed by the Heath Gov ...
. The parish forms part of the 'Five Villages' electoral ward. Sutterton
parish church
A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in community activities, ...
is dedicated to St Mary the Blessed Virgin.
Geography
Sutterton lies approximately south-west of Boston, near the junction of the
A16 and
A17 roads and on the
B1397 (formerly A16). The village of
Kirton lies to the north-west. The
Spalding bypass opened as the 'Spalding-Sutterton Improvement' in 1995.
Community
Sutterton has a post office and general store, one public house and restaurant, a fish-and-chip shop, a garden centre, a veterinary practice, a
doctors' practice and a village hall used in conjunction with the primary school.
Close to the east is
Algarkirk
Algarkirk ( ) is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Boston in Lincolnshire, England. It is situated south-south-west from Boston and near the A16 road. It has a population of 406, falling to 386 at the 2011 census. An alternative vill ...
, with which Sutterton shares Sutterton Fourfields Primary School. Before 1970 the two villages also shared the
Algarkirk and Sutterton railway station"Old Station"
''geograph.org.uk''; retrieved 10 April 2011 on the Spalding to Boston line, now next to the A16.
References
External links
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"Sutterton"
Genuki GENUKI is a genealogy web portal, run as a charitable trust. It "provides a virtual reference library of genealogical information of particular relevance to the UK and Ireland". It gives access to a large collection of information, with the emphas ...
. Retrieved 10 April 2011
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Villages in Lincolnshire
Civil parishes in Lincolnshire
Borough of Boston