Great Sutton

infobox UK place
country= England
official_name= Great Sutton
map_type= Cheshire
latitude= 53.28
longitude= -2.92
population=
shire_district= Ellesmere Port and Neston
shire_county= Cheshire
region= North West England
constituency_westminster= Ellesmere Port and Neston
post_town= ELLESMERE PORT
postcode_district= CH66
postcode_area= CH
dial_code= 0151
os_grid_reference= SJ383762

Great Sutton is a village on the Wirral Peninsula, Cheshire, England. It is a suburb of the town of Ellesmere Port and part of the borough of Ellesmere Port and Neston. As with Little Sutton to the north, it was once a separate village which was incorporated into Ellesmere Port as it expanded outwards.

Mentioned in the Domesday Book as part of the parish of Eastham in the Wirral Hundred, [citeweb|url=http://www.ellesmereport.org.uk/localhistory/localvillages/greatsutton/greatsutton.htm|title=Great Sutton|work=Whitby High School|accessdate=3 April|accessyear=2008] Great Sutton became part of Ellesmere Port civil parish in 1950. The population was 153 in 1801, 203 in 1851 and 397 in 1901. [citeweb|url=http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/chs/greatsutton.html|title=Cheshire Towns & Parishes: Great Sutton|work=GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy|accessdate=3 April|accessyear=2008]

Great Sutton is a residential area in close proximity to the A41 road that links Birkenhead and Chester. Dating back to about 1850 is the 'White Swan Inn' public house. Consecrated in November 1879, the Church of St John the Evangelist is located on Chester Road (A41). [citeweb|url=http://www.ellesmereport.org.uk/localhistory/ellesmereport/urbanisation/urbanisation.htm|title=The Urbanisation of Ellesmere Port|work=Whitby High School|accessdate=3 April|accessyear=2008]

Lee Latchford-Evans, formerly of pop groups Steps, lived in Great Sutton and attended the nearby Sutton High School.

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