Sutton Maddock is a 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 ...

south east of

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, in the

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district, in the county of

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, The Gorge, Kemberton, Madeley, Ryton and

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Landmarks

There are 5 listed buildings in Sutton Maddock. Sutton Maddock has a church called St Mary and a Shell service station.

History

The name "Sutton" means 'south farm/settlement' and "Madoc" being the personal name of 3 generations of a family which held the manor in the 12th and 13th centuries. Sutton Maddock was recorded in the

Domesday Book Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manusc ...

as ''Sudtone''.

References

External links

Parish Council
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