Sutton-on-the-Forest

Sutton-on-the-Forest
Sutton-on-the-Forest  Sutton-on-the-Forest shown within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE583646
Civil parish	Sutton-on-the-Forest
District	Hambleton
Shire county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	YORK
Postcode district	YO61
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	Thirsk and Malton
List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire

Sutton-on-the-Forest is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. It is 10 miles (16 km) north of York and 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Easingwold.

Laurence Sterne

Part of Main Street, Sutton-on-the-Forest

Laurence Sterne was the vicar of this parish, but when the parsonage house was destroyed by fire, he moved to nearby Coxwold. While in Sutton he conceived, wrote and published the first two books of Tristram Shandy. It is probable that the book was based on Sutton and the people who lived in and around it, and Sutton on the Forest may be regarded as the true birthplace of the modern novel.^{[citation needed]}

Sutton Park

Sutton Park is a fine house nearby built of mellow brick by Thomas Atkinson. The House contains beautiful eighteenth century furniture, paintings mostly from Buckingham House, now Buckingham Palace, and an important collection of porcelain. Magnificent plaster work by Cortese. The House is a fine example of early Georgian architecture overlooking beautiful parkland. It is filled with a rich collection of treasures all put together with great style and always filled with flowers from the garden.

Each year the village celebrates its countryside heritage in the Huby and Sutton show in Sutton Park.

External links

• Sutton Park Website