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Sutton St James is a village and 
St Ives Cross is a 14th-century butter cross. All that now remains are four steps, the base and of the shaft. It stands at the junction of four roads west of the village, and is a
Sutton St James Parish Website
{{authority control Civil parishes in Lincolnshire Villages in Lincolnshire South Holland, Lincolnshire
civil parish
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in the South Holland
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district of Lincolnshire
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, England, about south-west of Long Sutton.
Lying in the Lincolnshire Fens
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, Sutton St James did not exist at the time of the 1086 ''Domesday Book
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''. Sutton St James was a chapelry to the parish of Long Sutton until it was created a civil parish in 1866.
The parish church is dedicated to Saint James Saint James or St. James may refer to:
People Saints
*James, brother of Jesus (died 62 or 69), also known as James the Just
*James the Great (died 44), Apostle, also known as James, son of Zebedee, or Saint James the Greater
**Saint James Matamoro ...
, and is unusual in that the chancel
In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar, including the choir and the sanctuary (sometimes called the presbytery), at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building. It may terminate in an apse.
...
and tower are disconnected, the nave
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having been destroyed during the Interregnum
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, when Oliver Cromwell
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was Lord Protector of England. The tower is Grade II* listed and dates from the 15th century, with restorations in 1879 and 1894. The chancel is Grade II listed and dates from the 15th century – it was heavily restored at the same time as the tower, and an extension was added in the 20th century. The font
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bowl dates from the 15th century.
St Ives Cross is a 14th-century butter cross. All that now remains are four steps, the base and of the shaft. It stands at the junction of four roads west of the village, and is a scheduled monument
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The various pieces of legislation that legally protect heritage assets from damage and d ...
and Grade II listed.
Unusually for a small village, there is another cross located near Old Fen Dyke, which is believed to be a market cross, nearly south-west of St Ives Cross. Similarly, the base, and part of the shaft are all that survive. It is scheduled and Grade II listed. It is believed to be one of a rare group of medieval boundary markers of which only two other crosses survive.
Sutton St James has a butchers, a primary school, church hall, village hall, gun shop, hairdressers, public house, post office, shop, bowls club, football club, a small park, garage, a Baptist
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church and a playgroup.
References
External links
*Sutton St James Parish Website
{{authority control Civil parishes in Lincolnshire Villages in Lincolnshire South Holland, Lincolnshire