SUTTON-IN-THE-MARSH, a parish, with a village, in Spilsby district, Lincoln; on the coast, 6 miles NE of Alford r. station. It has a post-office under Alford. Acres, 2,096; of which 430 are water. Real property, £5,606. Pop., 368. Houses, 70. The manor belongs to F. Cooke, Esq. Bricks and tiles are made. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £100. Patron, the Bishop of L. The church is mainly modern: and the chancel was rebuilt in 1860. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a coastguard station.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))