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- [Gregor Mason] Ref on UK 1841 Census HO107/611 Dist 13 p 7 only 3 children at home boys aged 10 & 9 plus Susannah aged 3. Have photocopy.
http://www.rod-neep.co.uk/books/indexes/0011.txt
Census
For the Census and Civil Registration, Sutton St. Nicholas was part of the Long Sutton sub-district of the Holbeach Registration District. In 1871, the population of the parish was 862.
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Church Records
The church is dedicated to St. Nicholas and parish registers exist from 1538. Sutton St. Nicholas is in the East Elloe Deanery <../deanery_east_elloe.html>. The Baptist Unitarians had a chapel here, closed by 1870. The Primitive Methodists built a chapel here in 1834.
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Description and Travel
Sutton St. Nicholas (also known as "Lutton") is a parish about 105 miles north of London, a mile north off the A17 trunk road that runs between King's Lynn and Holbeach <../Holbeach/>, which is four miles to the northwest. Gedney parish <../Gedney/> lies to the north and west. The Wash forms the eastern boundary. The area is marshy, drained by several small canals. The principal village is Lutton (or Lutton Bourne). In area, the parish covers 3,777 acres.
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History
Sutton St. Nicholas is considered the original parish of the cluster of "Sutton" parishes in the Holland area. In 1332, the area was one of the most populous in Lincolnshire, with over 5,000 inhabitants.
To avoid the plague, several wealthy London merchants settled here in 1603. Dr. Busby, the celebrated master of Westminster school, was born here in 1606, and buried in Westminster Abbey in 1695.
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Names, Geographical
The name Sutton St. Nicholas is from the Old English suth+tun, or "southern village". The name Lutton is from the Old English luh+tun, or "farmstead by a pool", and appears as Luctone in the 1086 Domesday Book.
["A Dictionary of English Place-Names," A. D. Mills, Oxford University Press, 1991]
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Schools
A National School was erected in the parish in 1848, at a cost of 600 Pounds, by the Reverend E. L. Bennett. In 1870 it had 100 students.
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[Last updated: 29-August-2001 - Louis Mills]
http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscript.aspx?oid=732685&iid=344703
- [Pam Downes pam@five-oaks.co.uk]
Hi Glenn,
I've just met a new Delahoy cousin here in the UK, and he's reminded me about the Delahoy website.
I have to correct one piece of information you have in the article about William, the free settler to Australia.
Sutton St Nicholas is now known as Lutton.
Long Sutton is what used to be Sutton St Mary(s).
I admit that it took me quite some time to remember which was which - and I'm a yellowbelly!
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Lutton/
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/LongSutton/
I know that the web page is dated 2008, so you may have found out a few more details since then, but Isaac (William's father) married Susanna Delahoy on 18 Jul 1821 in Sutton St Nicholas (Lutton). (bottom left)
http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscript.aspx?oid=732685&iid=344703
Susanna could have been the Susanna baptised in Moulton 29 May 1793, the daughter of John and Mary (Dilihoy - sic)
http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscript.aspx?oid=779354&iid=386632
There was an earlier Susanna, baptised Nov 1789 (bottom left) also daughter of John and Mary
http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscript.aspx?oid=779354&iid=386628
but I presume this is her burial on 18 June 1790 (in Moulton) (top left)
http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscript.aspx?oid=779354&iid=386801
William was born in Lutton (Sutton St Nicholas). It's interesting to note that the PR gives the address as Lutton.
http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscript.aspx?oid=547985&iid=344827
I have information about Rebecca Lyon Delahoy, who was my great-grandmother. Her first husband, George Clayton died aged 39, and Rebecca later married Thomas Chapman.
Incidentally, Rebecca's father, Thomas Delahoy (#1198) is buried in Long Sutton (Sutton St Mary), not Sutton St Nicholas. (right-hand page)
http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscript.aspx?oid=558247&iid=245156
I have his death certificate if you would like a copy.
Where there are no details showing against an entry (e.g. a burial) relating to Lincolnshire I might be able to help. Though as so much more has become available in the intervening years you may already have that information but just haven't updated the website.
Best wishes
Pam Downes
(who wishes she had the computer skills to produce a similar website )
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