Sutton Lane Ends or Sutton is a semi-rural village and
civil parish
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, approximately one mile south of
Macclesfield. In 2020 it had an estimated population of 936. The parish includes the villages of
Langley Langley may refer to:
People
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* Dawn Langley Simmons (1922–2000), English author and biographer
* Elizabeth Langley (born 1933), Canadian perfor ...
and
Oakgrove and the
hamlets
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of
Gurnett, Jarman and Lyme Green. Sutton is in the unitary authority of
Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of
Cheshire, England. The rivers
Bollin and Rosendale run through Sutton Lane Ends, as does the
Macclesfield Canal.
The population of the entire civil parish is 2,464.
[2001 census details]
Accessed 15 May 2007. In the past, the community was centred on farming, forestry and textiles; however, since these industries declined, most of the population now travel to nearby Macclesfield or
Manchester
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for employment.
Sutton Lane Ends has had an Anglican church, Sutton St. James, since 1840. The community of Sutton is served by a village shop,
primary school
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(Hollinhey Primary School) and five
public houses
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.
Education
Sutton is served by Hollinhey
Primary School
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for pupils aged 4–11. On leaving primary school, children usually attend one of the four high schools in Macclesfield (
All Hallows Catholic College, Macclesfield,
The Fallibroome Academy,
The Macclesfield Academy or
Tytherington High School).
Notable people
*
Charles Tunnicliffe
Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe, Order of the British Empire, OBE, Royal Academy of Arts, RA (1 December 1901 – 7 February 1979) was an internationally renowned naturalistic painter of British birds and other wildlife. He spent most of his work ...
, the renowned naturalistic painter of British birds and other wildlife, spent his early years living on a farm on Walker Lane in Sutton. His work is still celebrated with the Charles and Winifred Tunnicliffe Memorial Art Competition, which is held annually at Hollinhey Primary School.
* The engineer
James Brindley
James Brindley (1716 – 27 September 1772) was an English engineer. He was born in Tunstead, Derbyshire, and lived much of his life in Leek, Staffordshire, becoming one of the most notable engineers of the 18th century.
Early life
Born i ...
(1716–1772) undertook his apprenticeship in Gurnett in about 1733. A plaque commemorating this fact can still be seen on Plough Cottage.
*
Christine Tacon
Christine Mary Tacon CBE (born 29 October 1959) was a British government administrator. Tacon was the United Kingdom's first Groceries Code Adjudicator.
Early life
Christine was born in the Hartismere Rural District in Suffolk, England. Tacon a ...
CBE (born 1959), the Groceries Code Adjudicator, lives here.
See also
*
Listed buildings in Sutton, Cheshire East
Notes
External links
Sutton St. James Anglican Church
Villages in Cheshire
Towns and villages of the Peak District
Borough of Cheshire East
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