Country: | England |
Static Image: | North Sutton farmhouse - geograph.org.uk - 643926.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Farmhouse in Sutton Grange |
Coordinates: | 54.1625°N -1.5665°W |
Official Name: | Sutton Grange |
Civil Parish: | North Stainley with Sleningford |
Unitary England: | North Yorkshire |
Lieutenancy England: | North Yorkshire |
Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Post Town: | RIPON |
Postcode District: | HG4 |
Postcode Area: | HG |
Os Grid Reference: | SE284740 |
Sutton Grange is a hamlet in the civil parish of North Stainley with Sleningford, in North Yorkshire, England, 2miles north west of Ripon.
The name "Sutton" means 'South farm/settlement'.[1] Sutton Grange was recorded in the Domesday Book as Sudton/Sudtunen.[2] It was historically a township in the parish of Ripon in the West Riding of Yorkshire,[3] and became a separate civil parish in 1866.[4] In 1971 the parish had a population of 40.[5] In 1974 it was transferred to Harrogate district in North Yorkshire, and on 1 April 1988 it was absorbed into the civil parish of North Stainley with Sleningford.[6]
Sutton Grange was the site of a grange of Fountains Abbey.[7] Earthworks surrounding an enclosure known as Hall Garth represent the only visible remains of the grange.[8]
. Albert Hugh Smith. The Place-names of the West Riding of Yorkshire. 5. Cambridge University Press. 1961. 162.