Sudbrooke is a small village and

Civil Parish In England, a civil parish is a type of Parish (administrative division), administrative parish used for Local government in England, local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below district ...

in the

West Lindsey West Lindsey is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England. Its council is based in Gainsborough. History The district was formed on 1 April 1974, from the urban districts of Gainsborough, Market Rasen, along with Caistor Rural D ...

district of

Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershir ...

, England. It is situated north-east from the centre of

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. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,788. Sudbrooke is situated just off the A158 Lincoln to

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road, and although the original heart of the village near the church has existed for centuries, the main development as a commuter village for Lincoln took place from the 1970s. Known only from written records the site of ''Holme in Sudbrooke'' has been built over since. Sudbrooke church is dedicated to

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, and was built in 1860 by John Dobson of

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. It is a Grade II*

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. A much older churchyard cross was restored at about the same time. The new church replaced an older brick building, possibly itself a successor to an older

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church. The church is part of the Barlings Group Ministry in the

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of Lawres. There appears to have been a searchlight battery in the village at some point during the Second World War. Although facilities are few, Sudbrooke has a shop, a café, a hairdresser, a

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, two playgrounds, and a village hall which is primarily used by independent groups.

Notable people

* Sir John Sutton, 3rd Baronet (1820–1873) Benefactor and patron in

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(1821–1878), cricketer

References

External links

* * {{authority control Villages in Lincolnshire Civil parishes in Lincolnshire West Lindsey District