| Static Image Name: | St John the Baptist, Sutterby - geograph.org.uk - 474339.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | St John the Baptist, Sutterby |
| Country: | England |
| Official Name: | Sutterby |
| Coordinates: | 53.2306°N 0.0761°W |
| Civil Parish: | Langton by Spilsby |
| Shire District: | East Lindsey |
| Shire County: | Lincolnshire |
| Region: | East Midlands |
| Constituency Westminster: | Louth and Horncastle |
| Post Town: | Spilsby |
| Postcode District: | LN11 |
| Postcode Area: | LN |
| Os Grid Reference: | TF386724 |
| London Distance Mi: | 115 |
| London Direction: | S |
Sutterby is a hamlet in the civil parish of Langton by Spilsby, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 9miles south-east from Louth and 8miles east from Horncastle. In 1931 the parish had a population of 24.[1] On 1 April 1936 the parish was abolished and merged with Langton by Spilsby.[2]
The first recorded mention of Sutterby is in the Domesday Book; the "-by" at the end of its name indicates this place may originally have been a Viking settlement (the village is located within the area of the Danelaw).
In 1219 Hugh of Wells, bishop of Lincoln, granted the church at Sutterby to the Benedictine Nuns of the Priory of Chester. It seems that the nuns had lost it, however, by the time of the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The Church of John the Baptist, is a Grade II listed building under the protection of the Friends of Friendless Churches.[3] [4]