Sutton-on-Hull (also known as Sutton-in-Holderness) is a suburb of the city of

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, in the ceremonial county of the

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. It is located north east of the city centre and has the B1237 road running through it which connects the A165 road with the A1033.

History

Sutton is mentioned in the

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as having 20 households and being chiefly owned by the

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. Its name in the book is ''Sudtone'' which is

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in origin and means ''Southern farmstead''. The village acquired its name as the western part of the manor of Sutton was bordered by the

River Hull The River Hull is a navigable river in the East Riding of Yorkshire in Northern England. It rises from a series of springs to the west of Driffield, and enters the Humber Estuary at Kingston upon Hull. Following a period when the Archbishops of ...

. The area sits on a ridge of land between and high in a flat landscape; Hull City Council describes the area as having the only appreciable hills within the city limits. The village was also in its own parish which developed alongside, but separate from the nearby town of Hull. During the 18th century, the southern part of the village became part of the Municipal Borough of Hull, with the whole settlement becoming a suburb of the enlarged borough of Kingston upon Hull in 1929. Sutton House - geograph

The church (dedicated to St James) was designated a

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in 1952 and is now recorded in the

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, maintained by

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. A chapel existed on the site since at least 1160. This was rebuilt extensively between 1347 and 1349, when it was consecrated at St James' Church. The chancel of the church is the only substantial structure in the area that was constructed from stone; all other buildings used locally produced brick on account of there being no locally quarried stone available. The stones were moved up the

to Stoneferry and then manoeuvred up the ''Antholme Dyke'' to Sutton. The Duke of York, Sutton upon Hull - geograph

It was served by Sutton-on-Hull railway station on the

Hull and Holderness Railway The Hull and Holderness Railway was a branch line in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England that connected the city of Kingston upon Hull with the seaside resort of Withernsea via the town of Hedon and the villages of Keyingham and Patrington. ...

until 1964. The formation that the railway took through the village is now the

Hornsea Rail Trail Hornsea Rail Trail is a public footpath, cycleway and bridleway which follows the route of the old Hull and Hornsea Railway in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It forms the eastern part of the Trans Pennine Trail The Trans Pennine Tra ...

and forms part of the

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. Between 1939 and 1961, the Royal Air Force had a base in the area, RAF Sutton on Hull, which did not have a runway. Initially the site was used as a balloon barrage training and storage site, but it also had a fighter control unit and the RAF School of fire-fighting for 16 years between 1943 and 1959. Saltshouse Road - geograph

The

Bransholme Estate Bransholme is an area and a housing estate on the north side of Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The name Bransholme comes from an old Scandinavian word meaning Brand's water meadow (''brand'' or ''brandt'' meant 'wild boa ...

has been built on the former RAF site. The population of the ward in Sutton-on-Hull was 12,881 at the 2001 census. This had dropped slightly to 12,649 by the time of the 2011 census. The Sutton & Wawne Museum, is inside The Old School, formerly the St James' Church of England School until 1977. It is now a local folk and social history museum, and family history research centre, serving the whole area of both historic parishes of St James' in Sutton, and St Peter's at Wawne. The Old School building is Grade II listed, , and is the oldest educational building in Hull still used for educational purposes. Museum within has been open since 1999, run entirely by volunteers. Admission free; open every Friday, 10 am - 2 pm.The Webpage Manager for the Sutton & Wawne Museum

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History of RAF Sutton-on-Hull
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Sutton & Wawne Museum webpage
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sutton-On-Hull Wards and districts of Kingston upon Hull

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