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Sutton-on-the-Hill is a
parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ...
in south
Derbyshire Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the southern end of the Pennine range of hills and part of the National Forest. It borders Greater Manchester to the nor ...
eight miles (13 km) west of
Derby Derby ( ) is a city and unitary authority area in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the banks of the River Derwent in the south of Derbyshire, which is in the East Midlands Region. It was traditionally the county town of Derbyshire. Derby gai ...
. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 123. The village is widely spread out and contains both a church (which, unlike most of the village, is on the hill) and a chapel. It was described as "a parish, with two townships and a hamlet" in the 1870s. Now it has no shop or post office and limited public transport links. Sutton on the Hill is primarily an agricultural area with former dairy farms at either end of the village, along with the Sutton Estate Farm. The village school has been converted into a village hall and has a nursery school for the local villages.


History

Sutton on the Hill is mentioned twice in the
Domesday book Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manusc ...
where it is spelt ''Sudtun'' and ''Sudtune''. The book says there is one
carucate The carucate or carrucate ( lat-med, carrūcāta or ) was a medieval unit of land area approximating the land a plough team of eight oxen could till in a single annual season. It was known by different regional names and fell under different forms ...
which is a berewick of the manor of
Mickleover Mickleover is a large suburban village of Derby, in Derbyshire, England. It is west of Derby city centre, northeast of Burton-upon-Trent, west of Nottingham city centre, southeast of Ashbourne, Derbyshire, Ashbourne and northeast of Uttoxete ...
which at that time belonged to the Abbey of Burton together with other berewicks which included Dalbury,
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and
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. Later, the book lists under the title of "The lands of
Henry de Ferrers Henry de Ferrers (died by 1100), magnate and administrator, was a Norman who after the 1066 Norman conquest was awarded extensive lands in England. Origins He was the eldest son of Vauquelin de Ferrers and in about 1040 inherited his father's ...
":Henry held a considerable number of manors including several in Derbyshire given to him by the
King King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen, which title is also given to the consort of a king. *In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the tit ...
. These included obviously Sutton on the Hill, but also included lands in Brailsford, Dalbury and Twyford.
"In Sutton on the hill Thorir, Alweald, Ubeinn, Leofwine and Eadric had two
carucates The carucate or carrucate ( lat-med, carrūcāta or ) was a medieval unit of land area approximating the land a plough team of eight oxen could till in a single annual season. It was known by different regional names and fell under different forms ...
of land to the
geld Geld may refer to: * Gelding, equine castration * Danegeld Danegeld (; "Danish tax", literally "Dane yield" or tribute) was a tax raised to pay tribute or protection money to the Viking raiders to save a land from being ravaged. It was calle ...
. There is land for three ploughs. There are now three ploughs in
demesne A demesne ( ) or domain was all the land retained and managed by a lord of the manor under the feudal system for his own use, occupation, or support. This distinguished it from land sub-enfeoffed by him to others as sub-tenants. The concept or ...
and nine villans having seven ploughs. There is a priest and a church and one mill rendering 10 shillings and twenty four acres of meadow. TRETRE in
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is Tempore Regis Edwardi. This means in the time of King Edward before the
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. as now sixty shillings. Wazelin holds it."
The parish of Sutton on the Hill used to contain the settlements of
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,
Osleston Osleston is a hamlet which together with Thurvaston makes up the parish of Osleston and Thurvaston. The civil parish population at the 2011 Census was 267. It is north west of Derby Derby ( ) is a city and unitary authority area in Derby ...
and
Thurvaston Thurvaston is a small village in South Derbyshire. In 1970 the population (together with Osleston) was put at 200. This represents a general fall since 1871 when the population was just below 400. As at the census 2011 the population is now list ...
. The manor had at one time been owned by the Blue Coat Hospital and Library in Manchester as it was bought as part of charity set up in the will of Humphrey Chetham. The rights to appoint the vicar was purchased by German Buckston(e) in 1834. In 1801 Sutton on the Hill's total population was 388. In 1901 it was 124, and by 1961 it was 95.


Notable residents

George Buckston George Moreton Buckston (12 March 1881 – 24 November 1942) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University in 1903, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and Derbyshire between 1905 and 1921. Buckston was born in Hope ...
played for Derbyshire Cricket Club and was
High Sheriff of Derbyshire High may refer to: Science and technology * Height * High (atmospheric), a high-pressure area * High (computability), a quality of a Turing degree, in computability theory * High (tectonics), in geology an area where relative tectonic uplift t ...
in 1926. His son
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was captain of Derbyshire County Cricket Club and High Sheriff in 1960. Current
Derby County Derby County Football Club () is a professional association football club based in Derby, Derbyshire, England. In 2022, it was announced that DCFC was acquired by Clowes Developments (UK) Ltd, a Derbyshire-based property group. Founded in 1884 ...
and former England U-21 goalkeeper
Stephen Bywater Stephen Michael Bywater (born 7 June 1981) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He has made appearances for thirteen clubs, most notably for Derby County, where he made over 150 appearances and won the 200 ...
also lives in the area. Other notable residents include Michael Seals CBE, chairman of the Animal Sentience Committee of the UK, and Eric Steele, English footballer and goalkeeping coach.


See also

* Listed buildings in Sutton on the Hill


References


Further reading

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External links


Sutton-on-the-Hill at Derbyshire.net
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