Sutton-in-Craven Village Website

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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Contents

40. The Church

There was no church in the village until the year 1869. From an old almanac I find that services were held before this, in the National School under the charge of the Rev. E. N. Scott. Earlier still the people must have attended the Church at Kildwick, about a mile away.

In 1867 Thomas Bairstow left money to build a Church. The site was midway between the two villages, and on a site at the foot of the hill. It was finished in 1869 and was consecrated on St Thomas' day and dedicated to that Saint.


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