Place:Sutton with Howgrave, North Riding of Yorkshire, England

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NameSutton with Howgrave
Alt namesSutton Howgravesource: from redirect
TypeTownship, Civil parish
Coordinates54.203°N 1.519°W
Located inNorth Riding of Yorkshire, England     ( - 1974)
Also located inNorth Yorkshire, England     (1974 - )
Yorkshire, England    
See alsoKirklington, North Riding of Yorkshire, Englandancient parish in which it was a township
Hallikeld Wapentake, North Riding of Yorkshire, Englandearly county division in which it was located
Bedale Rural, North Riding of Yorkshire, Englandrural district 1894-1974
Hambleton District, North Yorkshire, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
NOTE: Sutton with Howgrave is also known as Sutton Howgrave in more recent times. See also Howgrave, a different parish.


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Sutton Howgrave is a village in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England. It is the only village in the civil parish of Sutton with Howgrave (#23 on map). The population of the parish was estimated at 70 in 2014.

Sutton Howgrave was mentioned in the Domesday Book (as Sudtone) and in the Middle Ages it was a manor in the ancient parish of Kirklington (#17) in the North Riding of Yorkshire. It remained a township of Kirklington until 1866, when it became a separate civil parish, now known as Sutton with Howgrave.

Despite its name, the parish of Sutton with Howgrave does not include all of Howgrave (#14), which is a separate civil parish.

The civil parish of Sutton with Howgrave became part of Hambleton District in North Yorkshire in 1974. Since 1978 it has shared the grouped parish council of "Kirklington with Sutton Howgrave" with the parishes of Kirklington with Upsland and Howgrave.

Prior to the nationwide municipal reorganization of 1974, Sutton with Howgrave was part of Bedale Rural District. Historically, it was located in the ancient and ecclesiastical parish of Kirklington in the wapentake of Halikeld.

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Research Tips

  • GENUKI on Sutton with Howgrave (Sutton Howgrave). The GENUKI page gives numerous references to local bodies providing genealogical assistance.
  • A Vision of Britain through Time on Sutton with Howgrave (Sutton Howgrave).
  • The FamilySearch wiki on the ecclesiastical parish of Kirklington provides a list of useful resources for the local area.
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