Sutton, Surrey Family History Guide

Sutton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Surrey.

Alternative names: Sutton near Croydon

Parish church: St Nicholas

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1636
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1679

Nonconformists include: Baptist, Independent/Congregational, Roman Catholic, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

• Cheam
• Banstead
• Carshalton
• Morden

Sutton Parish Registers

The Parish Registers of St Nicholas Sutton Co. Surrey 1636 to 1837. Edited by W. Bruce Bannerman, F.S.A. Published London 1915. Issued by The Parish Register Society. – This book is a free download from Parishmouse

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SUTTON, a village and a parish in Epsom district, Surrey. The village stands adjacent to the Epsom railway, 4½ miles WSW of Croydon; consists chiefly of one street; is the head polling place for Mid-Surrey; and has a post-office under London S, a r. station with telegraph, and two hotels. The parish includes Benhilton group of new villas at Been Hill, numerous other new villas and cottages, and the South Metropolitan District school. Acres, 1,803. Real property, £12,061; of which £30 are in gasworks. Pop. in 1851, 1,387; in 1861, 3,186, of whom 900 were in the S. M. D. school. Houses, 452. The property is much subdivided. A section with a pop. of about 1,100, was formed, in 1863, into the chapelry of Benhilton.

The head living is a rectory, and that of B. is a vicarage, in the diocese of Winchester. Value of the former, £660, of the latter, £200. Patron of the former, H. Padwick, Esq.; of the latter, the Representatives of the late T. Alcock Esq. The parochial church was rebuilt in 1863, at a cost of £6,000; and is in late first-pointed style. B. church was built in 1864, and is in the decorated English style. There are several dissenting chapels, a slightly endowed school, and charities £51.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

The records listed below are part of the FamilySearch Catalog Collection. The records may be Free to view and/or search online or can be ordered from your Local Family History Library.

England, Surrey, Sutton (near Croydon) – Biography ( 1 )
Five centuries of artists in Sutton : a biographical dictionary of artists associated with Sutton, London
Author: Beasley, Maureen

England, Surrey, Sutton (near Croydon) – Cemeteries ( 2 )
Monumental inscriptions of All Saint’s church, Benhilton, Sutton, Surrey, 1837-1992
Author: Allars, Albert

Monumental inscriptions of the parish church of St. Mary the Virgin, Beddington, Sutton, Surrey, 1294-1997

England, Surrey, Sutton (near Croydon) – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Sutton near Croydon, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Surrey, Sutton (near Croydon) – Census – 1851 – Indexes ( 1 )
Sutton census, 1851 : alphabetical list of surnames

England, Surrey, Sutton (near Croydon) – Church history ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions of All Saint’s church, Benhilton, Sutton, Surrey, 1837-1992
Author: Allars, Albert

England, Surrey, Sutton (near Croydon) – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Sutton, 1803-1866
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sutton (Surrey)

Church records, 1868-1900
Author: Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (Sutton, Surrey)

Parish registers for Benhilton, 1865-1917
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Benhilton (Surrey)

Parish registers for Sutton, 1783-1910
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sutton (Surrey)

The parish registers of Sutton, Co. Surrey, 1636-1837
Author: Bannerman, William Bruce

Sutton, Surrey baptisms, 1636-1851; 1637-1837; burials, 1636-1851
Author: Webb, Cliff (Clifford R.); Bannerman, William Bruce; Church of England. Parish Church of Sutton (Surrey); West Surrey Family History Society

England, Surrey, Sutton (near Croydon) – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Parish register printouts of Sutton (near Croydon), Surrey, England

England, Surrey, Sutton (near Croydon) – Description and travel ( 2 )
No small change : 100 years of Sutton High Street
Author: Burgess, Frank

Now and then : more views of Sutton old and new
Author: Burgess, Frank; Sutton Libraries and Arts Services. London Borough

England, Surrey, Sutton (near Croydon) – Directories ( 2 )
Church’s illustrated Sutton with a street directory

A history and description of Sutton, Surrey : with a directory of the inhabitants, and a map showing all new roads

England, Surrey, Sutton (near Croydon) – History ( 5 )
Five centuries of artists in Sutton : a biographical dictionary of artists associated with Sutton, London
Author: Beasley, Maureen

A history and description of Sutton, Surrey : with a directory of the inhabitants, and a map showing all new roads

No small change : 100 years of Sutton High Street
Author: Burgess, Frank

Now and then : more views of Sutton old and new
Author: Burgess, Frank; Sutton Libraries and Arts Services. London Borough

Walford’s history of Sutton
Author: Walford, Edward, 1823-1897; Brown, John W.

England, Surrey, Sutton (near Croydon) – Schools ( 3 )
Log book, 1888-1904
Author: West Street School (Sutton, Surrey)

Log book, 1896-1911
Author: Belmont School (Sutton, Surrey)

Log book, 1900-1910
Author: Sutton Pupil Teacher Centre (Sutton, Surrey)

England, Surrey, Sutton (near Croydon) – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for the parish of Sutton, 1780-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Surrey)

Historical Directories

The Commercial & General Directory of the Town and Parish of Croydon 1869 including South Norwood, Upper Norwood, Woodside, Stroud Green, and Shirley; to which is added a supplement of the Principal Residents in the several parishes of Addington, Beckenham, Beddington, Carshalton, Caterham, Chaldon, Chelsham, Coulsdon, Farleigh, Mitcham, Morden, Sanderstead, Selsdon, Sutton, Wallington, Warlingham, and Wickham (West); together with brief sketches of the town, population and mortality tables, and notices of religious, benevolent, and provident societies. Seventh Issue. 1869. Publisher: F. Warren Date of publication: 1869 File size: 18 MB – This book is a free download from Parishmouse

The Commercial & General Directory of the Town and Parish of Croydon 1966 including South Norwood, Upper Norwood, Woodside, Stroud Green, and Shirley; to which is added a supplement of the Principal Residents in the several parishes of Addington, Beckenham, Beddington, Carshalton, Caterham, Chaldon, Cheam, Chelsham, Coulsdon, Farleigh, Mitcham, Morden, Sanderstead, Selsdon, Streatham, Sutton, Wallington, Warlingham, and West Wickham; together with brief sketches of the town, population and mortality tables, and notices of religious, benevolent, and provident societies. Sixth Edition. 1865-66. Publisher: F. Warren. Date of publication: 1866 File size: 18 MB – This book is a free download from Parishmouse

Historical Maps

View detailed 19th-century Ordnance Survey maps from the National Library of Scotland Maps – includes OS 25 inch 1892-1918 maps, a vast range of other historical OS maps and land use maps. These maps reveal old street layouts, parish boundaries, and landmarks long since vanished.

Administration

• County: Surrey
• Civil Registration District: Epsom
• Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Surrey
• Diocese: Pre-1846 – Winchester, Post-1845 – London
• Rural Deanery: Southwark
• Poor Law Union: Epsom
• Hundred: Wallington
• Province: Canterbury