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The History of Sutton-in-Craven
written 1927 by Nellie Stell

This history of Sutton was written between 1925 and 1927 by local historian Nellie Stell. I've tried to preserve the spellings and punctuation of the original. Special thanks to Mrs Armitage of Sutton CE School and Christine Robinson for the extended loan of the manuscript.


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43. Roman Road

In early times all the roads were on the hill tops, because of the swampy condition of the valley.

At Counter Hill, Silsden are the remains of a Roman Camp. A camp of much greater importance was built at Colne. The roadway which joins these two goes through Aden, the part of Sutton township on the hill. It was not an important road being little more than a paved byepath. While ploughing in this area a farmer recently uncovered part of the road.


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