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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Sutton like this:
SUTTON, a parish in Rochford district, Essex; 2¾ miles N of Southend r. station. Post town, Rochford, under Chelmsford. Acres, 721. Real property, £1,132. Pop., 148. Houses, 32. The manor belongs to Mrs. Aitken. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £254.* Patron, Mrs. Aitken. The church is good.
Sutton is now part of ROCHFORD District. Click here for graphs and data of how ROCHFORD has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Sutton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Sutton, in Rochford and Essex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6924
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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