Sutton in Ashfield
Sutton-in-Ashfield is a market town in Nottinghamshire, England, with a population of 36,404 in 2021. It is the largest town in the district of Ashfield, four miles west of Mansfield, from the Derbyshire border and north of Nottingham.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Sutton-in-Ashfield
- UK place.type
- Town
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
- UK place.parts_type
- Areas of the town
- UK place.p1
- Fackley
- UK place.p2
- Huthwaite
- UK place.p3
- Skegby
- UK place.p4
- Stanton Hill
- UK place.p5
- Teversal
- UK place.p6
- Town Centre
- UK place.population
- 36,404
- UK place.population_ref
Article
36 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Economy
- Regeneration
- Industrial Revolution
- Coal mining
- Hosiery
- Landmarks
- Churches
- [[Church of St Mary Magdalene, Sutton-in-Ashfield|Church of St Mary Magdalene]]
- [[St Michael and All Angels' Church, Sutton-in-Ashfield|Church of St Michael and All Angels]]
- Church of St Joseph the Worker
- Church of St John
- United Reformed Church
- New Cross Community Church
- Zion Baptist Church
- Transport
- Road
- Buses
- Rail
- Media
- Television
- Radio
- Newspapers
- Recreation
- Sport
- Recreation facilities
- Sports clubs
- Sutton Town AFC
- Greyhound racing
- Kings Mill Reservoir
- Nature
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Sutton-in-Ashfield is a market town in Nottinghamshire, England, with a population of 36,404 in 2021. It is the largest town in the district of Ashfield, four miles west of Mansfield, from the Derbyshire border and north of Nottingham.
==History== The area was first settled in the Saxon times and the Saxon suffix "ton" means "an enclosure or fenced in clearing". The town appears in the Domesday Book in 1086 as "Sutone".