Sutton is a
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...
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 authorit ...
in the
District of Chichester in
West Sussex
West Sussex is a county in South East England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the shire districts of Adur, Arun, Chichester, Horsham, and Mid Sussex, and the boroughs of Crawley and Worthing. Covering an ...
, England, located six kilometres (4 miles) south of
Petworth and east of the A285 road.
The parish has a land area of 920 hectares (2272 acres). In the 2001 census 192 people lived in 83 households, of whom 83 were economically active.
The 2011 Census population included the village of
Barlavington and hamlet of
Codmore Hill
Codmore Hill is a hamlet in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the A29 road 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Pulborough. It is in the civil parish of Sutton
Sutton (''south settlement'' or ''south town'' in Old English) may r ...
.
The village has an
Anglican church, St John the Baptist, and one pub, the ''White Horse''.
Landmarks
Lords Piece at
Coates is a
Site of Special Scientific Interest within the parish which at one time contained the entire known remaining British population of the field cricket ''
Gryllus campestris
''Gryllus campestris'', the European field cricket or simply the field cricket in the British Isles, is the type species of crickets in its genus and tribe Gryllini. These flightless dark colored insects are comparatively large; the males ra ...
''.
Coates Castle is within the neighbouring parish of
Fittleworth
Fittleworth is a village and civil parish in the District of Chichester in West Sussex, England located seven kilometres (3 miles) west from Pulborough on the A283 road and three miles (5 km) south east from Petworth. The village has ...
.
Notable people
*
Sir Gerald Barry a
British
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Peoples, culture, and language
* British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies.
** Britishness, the British identity and common culture
* British English, ...
newspaper editor
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and organiser of the
Festival of Britain
The Festival of Britain was a national exhibition and fair that reached millions of visitors throughout the United Kingdom in the summer of 1951. Historian Kenneth O. Morgan says the Festival was a "triumphant success" during which people:
...
, lived at Forge House,
which was remodelled for him by
F. R. S. Yorke in 1937.
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References
External links
Chichester District
Villages in West Sussex
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