Static Image Name: | Sutton St Edmund parish church - geograph.org.uk - 297094.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | St Edmund's church, Sutton St Edmund |
Country: | England |
Official Name: | Sutton St Edmund |
Coordinates: | 52.6986°N 0.0237°W |
Population: | 684 |
Population Ref: | (Including Throckenholt. 2011)[1] |
Shire District: | South Holland |
Shire County: | Lincolnshire |
Region: | East Midlands |
Constituency Westminster: | South Holland and The Deepings |
Post Town: | Spalding |
Postcode District: | PE12 |
Postcode Area: | PE |
Os Grid Reference: | TF368131 |
London Distance Mi: | 100 |
London Direction: | S |
Sutton St Edmunds is a village and civil parish in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England, about 14miles south-east from the town of Spalding.
Sutton St Edmunds was a chapelry to the parish of Long Sutton until 1866.[2] The parish includes the hamlet of Throckenholt.
The parish church is a red-brick Grade II listed building dedicated to Saint Edmund. It was completely rebuilt in 1795, and has 19th-century alterations and extensions. It was extended again in 1987.
The village has a village hall.[3]
Guarnock House is a red-brick Grade II listed building. It was built in 1699 and has a 20th-century roof.
Sutton St Edmunds school was built in 1896 by Sutton St Edmunds School Board. It became a council school in 1903. It was known as Sutton St Edmund Chapel End School in the 20th century. It closed in 1969–70.[4]
Throckenholt Priory was sited here. It was a hermitage and chapel in existence from at least 1107–1540. It was granted to Thorney Abbey by Nigel, Bishop of Ely.[5]