History Archive
All of the hard work of finding and compiling the history archive of the village is now coming to fruition. In the following pages we will be presenting a compilation of our village history taken from a wide variety of sources. ( where available, credit will be given to previous writers)
Welcome to the Kings Sutton History Archive.
Our village of Kings Sutton is rich in history and over time many articles have been written telling its story, some published others not. A tremendous quantity of the information provided in this archive is taken directly from the book written about the village and published in 1993....where appropriate this has been noted. However it would be wise to read the various articles in the context of this 1993 date.
The work of Jacqueline Coombes, Don Hughes, Ann Daff and Robert Webb as well as the many contributors to the book about King's Sutton has formed the basis of the Archive and is much appreciated.
The Archive is aimed at recording, in one place, the history of over a thousand years of the village and its people. It’s a living document and more information will be added as it becomes available.
The Kings Sutton Heritage Trust sponsors the Archive and by publishing it on our website we hope to make the story of King's Sutton available to as many people as possible.
We all have a responsibility to future generations to encourage the maintenance of our local history – HISTORY MATTERS.
The archive currently consists of a number of sections, detailed below...
Each title is linked to the appropriate page....
1......Parish Church
2......Lords of the Manor
3......The Great Fire of 1785
4......The Village School
5......''Memories''
6......''Times Past''
7......The Baptist Church
8......Village People
9......Employment and Commerce
10....Village Charities
11....Public Services
12....Transport
13....Genealogy
14....Photo Archive
15....The War Years
16....Famous People
Still to come and will be published as time and resources permit...
1....Early history - Archaeology – Roman – Saxon
2....The Legend of St Rumbold
3....Domesday Book
4....The Methodist Church
5....Astrop Spa 1664
6....Enclosure Act of 1805
7....Leisure and Pleasure
8....Sports Archive
Plus as many more as we can find...
Any comments or inputs would be appreciated and should be sent to me via the website.
email me here
Reference can also be made to various sites about King's Sutton.....
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_Sutton_railway_station
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King's_Sutton
3. http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A9914682
Please come back at your leisure as these pages will be updated as soon as
possible with further sections of the Archive.