Sutton-in-Craven
Sutton-in-Craven is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England that is situated in the Aire Valley between Skipton and Keighley. In 2001 the population was 3,480.[1] The village is adjacent to Glusburn and Cross Hills, but although these three effectively form a small town, Sutton village maintains its distinct identity.
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[edit] History
The village existed before 1086 as "Sutun": listed in the Domesday Book. The landowner then was Ravenkeld who was taxed on 240 acres (100 hectares) of ploughland. But lands were then given by the Norman crown to its compatriots: Robert de Romille followed by Edmund de Boyvill and then Adam de Copley.[1]
In the 14th century, the village was known as Sutton-in-Ayrdale but became Sutton-in-Craven in 1620.[1]
In the late 17th century Sutton-in-Craven became part of the ancient parish of Kildwick so all Sutton residents were baptized, married and buried at Kildwick parish Church. But in 1869 Sutton was constituted as a separate ecclesiastical district. Building a church for the new parish started in 1868 and its consecration day was the feast of St Thomas, 21 December 1869.[1]
The Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School had previously opened in 1858.[2]
[edit] Industry
The main industry was farming of livestock until the Industrial Revolution when that was largely replaced by the textile industry. One of the oldest mills, Greenroyd Mill at Sutton Clough, was in 1815 Peter Hartley’s cotton mill but only the remains of its two dams are still visible. The 1831 Census lists numerous cotton weavers. The Bairstow family were woollen manufacturers from 1838 until 1970 but a nursing home and houses now stand on the site of their mill.[1] Only one of the original mill buildings remains today.
[edit] Transport
In 1773 the first Bingley to Skipton section of the Leeds-Liverpool Canal passed 0.9 miles (1.4 km) away. By 1781 the canal joined Leeds to Gargrave, and in 1816 completed the link to Liverpool.
In 1786 the Keighley to Kendal turnpike road opened, followed in 1823 by the Blackburn Addingham road. Six stagecoaches a day passed through the area.
In 1847 the Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway opened its Shipley to Skipton section that passes only 0.5 miles (0.80 km) to the North at Kildwick and Crosshills railway station.
[edit] Places in Sutton-in-Craven
There is a fine park opposite the Baptist Church at the back of the County Primary School. There's also Sutton Clough[3] in the south of the village. Also Lund's Tower and Wainman's Pinnacle on the hill to the south west. The oldest building, Craven House that faces up High Street, is late sixteenth early seventeenth century.[4]
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Droving on Wet Head Hill
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Lund's Tower on Earl Crag
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The Bay Horse Inn
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The Kid Stone
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