Sutton, West Sussex

Village and parish in West Sussex, England

Human settlement in England

Sutton

District

Chichester

Shire county

West Sussex

Region

South East

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50°55′40″N 0°36′30″W / 50.92767°N 0.60824°W / 50.92767; -0.60824

Sutton is a village, Anglican parish and civil parish in the District of Chichester in West Sussex, England, 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Petworth and east of the A285 road. The parish has a land area of 920 hectares (2272 acres). In the 2001 census 192 people lived in 83 households, of whom 83 were economically active.^[1] The 2011 Census population included the village of Barlavington and hamlet of Codmore Hill.

The village has an Anglican church dedicated to St John the Baptist, and a pub, the White Horse.

Landmarks

Lords Piece at Coates is a Site of Special Scientific Interest within the parish which at one time contained the entire known remaining British population of the field cricket Gryllus campestris.^[3]^[4] Coates Castle is within the neighbouring parish of Fittleworth.

Notable people

Sir Gerald Barry a British newspaper editor and organiser of the Festival of Britain, lived at Forge House,^[5] which was remodelled for him by F. R. S. Yorke in 1937.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "2001 Census: West Sussex – Population by Parish" (PDF). West Sussex County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2009.
^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 14 October 2015.
^ SSSI Citation — Coates Castle (PDF). Natural England. Retrieved 4 April 2009.
^ "Endangered cricket reintroduced in South East England". Wildlife Extra.com. May 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2010.
^ "7 bedroom house for sale in Sutton, Petworth, West Sussex, RH20". Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
^ "Forge Cottage, Sutton, Sussex: close-up of the double-height living room extension and sun terrace | RIBA". www.architecture.com. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017.