20th Century
The Stubbs family bought the house from the Earl of St. Vincents heirs early in the 20th
The irregularly-shaped parish covers 3,681 a., of which Woodhouse accounts for 1,229a.
A cut was made across the neck of a sharp meander in the river near the village in the 20th century.
The population stood at 313 in 1901.
In 1905 there were 2,274 a. of arable, 1,123 a. of grass, and 113 a. of woodland
The school was enlarged c. 1906. Attendance stood at 40-50 in 1906-14.
The Church’s net income was £366 in 1915
Communion was celebrated weekly in 1915
Glebe Farm, with 194 a., was sold to Lord St. Vincent in 1919
The churchyard was enlarged in 1922
The school attendance fell after the First World War but reached c. 50 in 1926 and 1931, falling to 38 later in the 1930s.
A major restoration of the church took place in 1926-8, when the vestry was added, some walls rebuilt, the nave roof restored, and many new fittings put in
In 1927 the skeleton of John de Eglesfield, the first of that name to become possessed of the Manor of Sutton in the early part of the 16th Century was found lying west of the east respond of the south arcade
In 1927 also found was the skeleton of Robert de Gloucester with the chalice and paten
The Manor estate comprised 2,432 a. in 1929.
A motor garage and refreshment rooms appeared in the village in the 1920s and 1930’s
A village hall was built in 1929-31.
The population fluctuated in the 20th century, failing as low as 270 in 1931
An iron Wesleyan chapel (built in 1882) was deregistered in 1937
The Weslyan Chapel (a temporary iron structure built in 1882) was removed in 1937 from within the gardens of wheelwright house and sold to became the village hall at Bishop Wilton
In the 1930’s 8 farms in Sutton and one or two in Woodhouse were of 150 a. or more
In the 1930s and later, arable land mainly occupied the higher ground and there was still extensive grassland alongside the Derwent and the becks.
The hall was sold by Lord St. Vincent to Ena Meadowcroft in 1947
The Manor estate comprised some 2,432 a. of which about 500 a. were sold by R. G. J. Jervis (b. 1905), 7th Viscount St. Vincent, in 1947
Another 1,744 a. of the Manor estate was sold in 1948 to the Crown, which already owned Woodhouse Grange.
Since 1953 98 a. of woodland, mostly in Sutton wood, have been managed by the Forestry Commission
Senior school pupils were transferred to Pocklington in 1955
The mill was used until 1960 and subsequently became derelict
Henry Frederick, Baron Hotham (d. 1967), owner of the Kilnwick Percy estate, redeemed the rent-charge in 1961 and £10 stock was subsequently assigned to Sutton
The former Warter priory land apparently descended with the manor and in 1964, comprising 159 a., it was sold by the Crown to T. E. Almond. The house stands near a prominent moated site
The Cross Keys closed c.1970
1970 - Sutton is in HARTHILL Wapentake WILTON BEACON Division
The population fluctuated in the 20th century but reached 353 in 1971.
The advowson (of Sutton Church) descended with the manor and Viscount St. Vincent still held it in 1972
Since 1972 the rector of Elvington has been curate-in-charge of Sutton
In 1972-3 the combined income of the three charities was £1 from £13 stock; money was given to two persons
A newly-built public house on the site of the old Cross Keys was opened in 1974 as Turpin's Tavern.
In 1974 there were 20 council houses, about 10 houses built by the Crown (mostly in the 1950s).
Woodhouse Grange (which comprised 1,168 a. in 1785) still belonged to the Crown in 1974
Sutton became part of the North Wolds district of Humberside in 1974.
In 1974 a church service was held most Sundays
There were three bells in the church in 1974: (i) 1593; (ii) 1637; (iii) 1842, Thomas Mears of London
The number on the school roll in January 1974 was 30
The Manor House is a grade II listed building and stands next to the church. In the Manor yard there was a CHALYBEATE (impregnated with Iron salts) spring called Monks Well
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