SUTTON AND WAWNE
TEAM MINISTRY

FAMILY HISTORY ENQUIRIES,
ARCHIVES AT SUTTON
OTHER CONTACTS
and LINKS, etc



This page should be used in conjunction with the
OLD SCHOOL page as well, by the button below
Exhibition on Fridays in the Old School Room, a marvellous display of life in Sutton & Wawne in times past .. much more to see when you visit. Use also with FAMILY HISTORY button above ...
.. or in the Menu Bar on the left.

If you came to this page via an external link,
and the Menu Bar isn't visible, click
Side Menu buttons
and then click the FAMILY HISTORY button
to get this page back again.

This Family History page has general information,
and links, to all sorts of other sites,
but also a good deal about what resources can be found in the
Resource Centre in the Old School itself, whereas using the
Old School button above will take you to photos
and articles and other general events of the Centre.

If it's the extensive list of RESEARCH RESOURCES at Sutton
that you are looking for on this very long page,
clicking the link above takes you directly down there.
The 1911 Census details for Sutton are now also available
to view in the Old School; see those details below too


CAUTION:
do treat any links, and information about
addresses and prices, etc,
within links, with caution.
Some have been posted here for well over 8 years,
and understandably, things change.
Do check current prices with those organisations
before sending off any money.

Ecclesiastical Links - to other church sites


QUESTIONS .. QUESTIONS ??
There is an extensive list of Military Links to aid with researching
Regimental, Naval and Air Forces information on your forebears,
on the OTHER LINKS button in the menu.
It includes a list of
"QUESTIONS FOR OLD SOLDIERS",
being a dozen or so suggested questions Family Historians
should ask their grandparents about their time in the Armed Forces.

In a similar vein, if you're just starting out and
know nothing at all about your family,
I've prepared a longer list of suggested
"QUESTIONS FOR GRANDPARENTS"
This also opens in a new window. Use or abuse as you wish.



1881 & 1901 Census Web Sites

Back to the
Sutton & Wawne Team
Home Page

click the underlined links . .

to ease your eyes, please do use your
View and Fonts menu
to enlarge the type
and F11 should give you a full screen view.

If you are thinking of
emailing the Rector, or Church Office,
for help on Family History enquiries,
please see below for guidance
on where help is best obtained.


Details of the book
"HULL'S OWN AIR FORCE STATION"

by Leonard C Bacon,
detailing a history of
RAF Sutton,
are about halfway down this page.


There are also links below connected to
the Hull Blitz, War Graves, etc.


A separate HELP PAGE .. to download,
is available here, in Word97 format,
for you to save, or print, listing the
most useful of the sites below . . .
. . click this address . .
famhistlinks.doc


Streetmap link to map of
Sutton
area ....


Streetmap link to map of Wawne area ....

both open in new browser






IMPORTANT INFORMATION
for
FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCHERS

Hello . .
we will try to help you with your enquiry.
Whilst we at Sutton welcome enquiries from people researching family and local history, and will help where we can, it is important for researchers to understand the following points, especially if you are new to Family History researching.
In which case, you've come to the right place.

Few, if any, churches now still hold their own original Parish Records; they are far too fragile and valuable to be risked 'out in the parishes' as they used to be in days of yore. This is the case with Sutton and Wawne's parish records. We do have here many other records, and copies of records, though most detailed enquiries about Births, Marriages and Deaths formerly held within the old Church and Parish Archives are best directed to one of two places;

1. County Record Office, East Riding Archives
The Chapel, Lord Roberts Road,
Beverley, East Yorkshire
HU17 9BA
Tel Hull 392790
Email the librarians and archivists.

Opens a new browser window to the East Riding Archives for most of the original church records of all churches in the East Riding. Any records there are in Sutton are only extracts and copies pertaining to Sutton itself, and are not complete for the area. There is a tremendous amount of information there at Beverley .. maps, census returns, hearth taxes, Poor Law Unions, Quarter and Petty Sessions Court proceedings and judgements, and a host more. You'll probably do your first or earliest research in Sutton, at the Exhibition (see below), then explore what the local government archives have later. The website is a useful first stop to tell you what they have, and where it may be found, but you'll still need to go to Beverley to see the actual records themselves.

2. City Record Office in Lowgate, Hull
. . opens a new browser window to contact the City Record Office, especially for burial records, and Births Marriages & Deaths archives pertaining to Hull, and including Sutton. This is where you will also find many ongoing links for Family History for both the City and East Yorkshire, as well as many other sources of valuable information, including some very useful guidance to anyone just starting out on their research. As with the County Records at Beverley above, you'll need to visit the office itself in Hull, but for serious local searchers, definitely not to be missed. But also see the new Council Archive site below ... more online there, and increasing. Contact numbers, phone, email, etc, are on their website.


NEW HISTORY CENTRE FOR HULL OPENS 25th JAN 2010
Having said all that above, a great historic change is about to come to Hull. Work is now well under way (the roof is on!) of the new Hull History Centre being built on the former Mason St car park, literally directly opposite the Central Fire Station. This is a £10.5million multi-funded project, with funds coming partly from government, local authorities and the National Lottery. The building is due for completion this autumn, 2009. Local History Archives, from the city library and Hull University, will be centralised, and when it opens, some of the sites listed here will be transferring all their family history activity to the new site. Watch this space ..... ! and click this link for continuous updates .... NEW HULL HISTORY CENTRE


HULL CITY COUNCIL ARCHIVES WEBSITE . . . opens a new browser window to lots of new information and records now available online for the first time . . specifically for genealogists. It's worth a look, and could save you hours of foot-work around the libraries. One amazing resource is Gareth's List, a long page of web addresses and links to many places around Hull and East Yorkshire. Go to the Army Medals list, held at Kew, and see listed the medal entitlement of almost every member of the armed forces who saw service abroad. The concept is that, if a man or woman were posted abroad, then they will have received a campaign medal. All 5.5 million of them. And this link takes you to the address for that list. Brilliant !!

(note: there's a lot more photos of old Hull, street scenes and more EYMS and KHCT buses than you can shake a ticket at, near the bottom of this page. But do bookmark us to come back .. once on the photo archives, you'll be gone a long while.)


ALSO .. here is a FANTASTIC internet resource for local East Yorkshire folk .. you can get to it via the link above, but here is a direct line . . it opens in a new browser . . .
YorkshireBMD ... The online record for Yorkshire Births, Marriages and Deaths. An incredible resource to be available so quickly. I tried it in the Birth Index with my neighbour's name, and instantly brought up basic details of his birth year, and ALSO his other family members. It doesn't say, just yet, who is related to who .. you have to work it out for yourself. Tip: if you want it to check ALL years from 1837 to 1947, hold down the Ctrl AND the Shift keys as you select the first year, and the last. Then it'll check the lot. If you don't put in an initial, it will find every birth registered under that name between 1837 and 1937 . . then 1946 +1947.

For some reason, the Hull birth index for the war years are missing . . here's hoping that's not because they were destroyed in the blitz. There's some 188,000 marriages done, and just a few deaths so far. Updates are going up by the week .. there's a FAQ page, and a list of what areas and years have been covered so far.

 

BUT WHAT IS THERE HERE IN SUTTON . . ?

. . I hear you ask. Well, an amazing amount of information is available in Sutton itself . . more and more all the time. And also now here on the web, there is an extensive list further below. (An updated list of resources was uploaded in September, 2008.)

It's worth remembering that the present Ministry Team and Church Office have little information about Sutton's distant past, and what local knowledge there is, from a purely historical point of view, now resides in the main with other (and mainly older) members of the congregation and parish who specialise in family or local history. Where they can, they are glad to help, but in most cases, they could only point you in the direction of the few sites already listed here, or direct you to the Resource Centre & Exhibition in the Old School, mostly on Friday lunchtimes from 10am to 2pm.

We have a typed record at the Centre of most of the graves in the churchyard, ( the MI's, or Monumental Inscriptions), and details of what may be available are in the "Archives Available at Sutton" section below. The two booklets that comprise the 1500 or so graves are available to purchase from the local societies, local libraries, etc, priced around £5, plus p&p.

But for most "original" archives, to get photocopies of Parish Records, wills, etc, you need to be at The City Record Office or the East Riding Archives listed above.

For any other research information, or to view copies of certain archives dealing just with Sutton and Wawne, there is a short list below detailing a little of what is available in The Resource Centre at "The Exhibition" in the former Sutton School. There is a surprising amount even here, yet this is by no means a complete list of all there is to be seen. Every week sees new people from the far corners of the earth taking the opportunity of being in Sutton to go and research some aspect of their family history. Fridays, 10-2, are a regular lunchtime club in there, and whilst I wouldn't guarantee you'll find first time what you came for, you will certainly find a lot of other fascinating information pertaining to the village your forebears lived in, and your own heritage. Apart from that, it's alongside the church, the graveyard is round the back, and the War Memorial is also 'next door' on Church Street front. Naturally, bring a camera.

Tip 1 : if visiting a grave ... bring a flower, or posy : most wished they had.

Tip 2 : if you have the use of a computer, bring a couple of floppy discs, a Re-Writable CD, or better still a flash drive .. you can take free digital copies from our computer of any files we have on file. If you have a good digital camera, you can also take pictures of our photos in the collection, whether on the walls or in our albums. Scanned photo prints from the archived collections can be now supplied, to order, for the usual fee, which in effect part pays for the paper, inks, and part pays a donation to the upkeep of the centre.

A list of other useful links to other websites is below,
after the Sutton Archive details:

In the meantime, do View and Sign our
Do visit our Guestbook
you may well see a link to someone
who can also help with your enquiry.

Click here if you want to see a picture of Rob,
your website host and admin bod.


 

ARCHIVES AVAILABLE in SUTTON

in the
"Old School Exhibition & Resource Centre"
open every Friday lunchtime,
10am - 2pm

ENTRY is FREE

Custodian: Merrill Rhodes
click here to view some photos
Pictures at an Exhibition



This is only a brief list of what is really a vast amount of local information available in the Resource Centre & Sutton Exhibition in the Old School. All are welcome to come and look at what is in effect both a small museum to Sutton, and a small reference library of documents, copies of archives, maps, and hundreds of photographs. Admission is free. There is also a considerable amount of information on Wawne and Stoneferry too . . all these histories are so intertwined. There are also some records from Cleveland and Cumbria, courtesy of their various Family History Societies and Groups, more details also below ... scroll down.

It has to be said that Sutton's must be one of the best-documented local histories for a village of its size anywhere, not only for the quality of the material and presentation, but also for it being available locally within the village, literally in the Resource Centre in the Old School and almost next door to the church. Many of today's Sutton residents are completely unawares of what is here, and this info may be of some help in redressing the balance.

This list is not in any particular order . . please take it as it is. The items are not hyperlinked, so are not available on the web yet. However, scanning the entire photo collection of some several thousand items is now under way to make it safe for posterity, as well as a possible future availablility of part of the collections on CDs, for a modest fee. Currently, funding is needed for this. If anyone can help with a modest local history project ... ?

Feel free to bring a digital camera. It is certainly worth bringing a floppy disk, or perhaps a USB flash key, to be able to download internet addresses and other useful documents stored on our database. These days, a pencil and notepaper sometimes just isn't enough. For people living away, abroad, etc, who can't get to Sutton, we will do what we can to help. For present Sutton & Wawne and Hull residents, we would hope you would come along to the Exhibition and see what we have.

All books, CD's, reference works, photo collections, etc, are only available to view on site, none are for hire. Some items, however, are standard local works and can be borrowed from Hull Libraries in the normal manner, others are 'Reference Only'.


THE LIST OF RESOURCES at SUTTON on HULL

EAST YORKSHIRE FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS

as well as available to view in Sutton, these can also be purchased
direct from the East Yorkshire Family History Society
who now have an excellent webshop.

1851 Census Index Booklets
Beverley Town Beverley District Volumes 1 & 2
Cottingham, North Ferriby, Hessle & District
Driffield & District Volumes 1 & 2
Hedon, Drypool & District
Holy Trinity Parish Volumes 1, 2 & 3
Patrington & District
Sutton-on-Hull & District
West Sculcoates
East Sculcoates


MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTION BOOKLETS . . . (or M I 's )
for Sutton St James' churchyard . . a list prepared in 1993 by the East Yorkshire Family History Society, in two thick booklets, available to view and for note taking. It includes an index of all names of everyone buried, in the graveyard or within the church itself, as far back as the headstones themselves. Some 1,550 graves in all, though we must remember that some gravestones have deteriorated since the list was compiled in 1993, and many more are much overgrown. Knowing the grave is there is one thing, finding it is something else.

Also includes a plan of the churchyard showing all plots. We have Dave Mount to thank for such a monumental undertaking of editing, and Mr & Mrs Walford for typing the original list. In addition, by the kind efforts of Bernard Sharp in 2009, we can now also offer individual photos of just about all the headstones.
Both books can be purchased from the EYFHS for around £5. Indeed, ANY of the publications below that are shown as by the EYFHS can be purchased from them, through their website.

So there is:
Sutton on Hull (St.James Churchyard) Part 1 and 2
Hull, Western Cemetery (Chanterlands Ave) .. Part 1
Anlaby (St. Peter's Churchyard)
Hull General Cemetery (Spring Bank), including Quaker Burial Ground
Roos (All Saints Churchyard)
Sculcoates Cemetery, north & south side
Skeffling and Kilnsea

Additionally, there are the MIs for Wawne, Skeffling and Kilnsea. These are also all available for reference in most local libraries. There's some separate details on the EYFHS, what can be purchased from them, and how, below.


SCHOOL REGISTERS . . .
A complete copy of the register of all children who attended Sutton St James' School, their home address, when they started, finished, which school they went on to, etc, is available to view in three volumes, 1885 - 1973 . . and in a few cases, back to 1876.


SCHOOL LOGS . . .
Handwritten entries by all the head teachers of St James' School over the years of the School Log ... a daily record of important events and happenings in school life. In three volumes, these beautifully written logs date from 1896 to 1948.


PARISH REGISTER TRANSCRIPTION BOOKLETS
Holy Trinity Church, Hull Baptisms . . . 1761 - 1791
Holy Trinity Church, Hull Baptisms . . . 1792 - 1812
Sculcoates Baptisms . . . 1772 - 1789 . . . & Burials 1772 - 1792
Sculcoates Baptisms . . . Jan 1790 - Sept 1806
Sculcoates Baptisms . . . Sept 1806 - Dec 1812
Sculcoates Baptisms . . . Jan 1813.. Dec 1820
Sculcoates Baptisms . . . Jan 1821 - June 1831
Sculcoates Baptisms . . . July 1831 - Dec 1837
Sculcoates Marriages . . . Mar 1754 - Sept 1804
Sculcoates Marriages . . . Sept 1804 - Dec 1812
Sculcoates Marriages . . . Jan 1813 - Apr 1821
Sculcoates Marriages . . . Apr 1821 - Dec 1829
Sculcoates Marriages . . . Jan 1830 - June 1837
Sculcoates Burials . . . Apr 1792 - Dec 1812
Sculcoates Burials . . . Jan 1813 - Sept 1824
Sculcoates Burials . . . Sept 1824 - Dec 1831
Sculcoates Burials . . . Jan 1832 - Dec 1837
Welwick Marriages . . . 1754 - 1837

There are also some Parish Registers available for research at Sutton on CD ROM ... see further below. Also, many of the local BMD records listed here as on view at Sutton are also available to purchase from the East Yorkshire Family History Society, who now have an excellent webshop. There are also some more address details further below.


OLD MAPS . . . of the Sutton & Wawne area
a good range of old maps, many showing field names, boundaries, of both parishes, plus some plans of the larger houses, Tithe Awards, etc.


CENSUS DETAILS FOR SUTTON ONLY . . .
typed up paper copies, for the years :
1841 ~ 1851 ~ 1861 ~ 1881 ~ 1891 ~ 1901 ~ 1911


As the result of a very welcome 'gift' in 2005, we are pleased to be able to announce that a set of 1881 Census CD's have been added to the collection. This will of course be of great help in researching other areas of Yorkshire and England generally, but it also means that we now also have the full 1881 details for Wawne.

(Jan 10) .. we now have more national census and local records CD's ;
see the LOCAL CD's section further below.

1911 CENSUS for Sutton on Hull
Additionally, we are pleased to be able to now offer (fromJan 10) view of printed transcripts of the 1911 Cenus for every residence in Sutton. Amounting to several hundred houses and the full population of Sutton at that time, these are arranged by family name in a folder in the Old School, and are to view for free if you want to call by and take notes.


FAMILIES RESIDENT AT "BIG HOUSES" . . .
a list of the larger properties, Sutton House, Sutton Hall, Lambwath Hall, Godolphin Hall, etc, and many more.


LOCAL FAMILY TREES . . .
of many already-researched families . . try your luck and see if your family details are already here. Perhaps you link in to one of them by marriage.


CHURCHES IN SUTTON . . .
Church of England at St James' ~ The Methodists ~ The Quakers


MILLS IN SUTTON . . .
a list of all the flour mills within the parish, and names of the millers.


ANN WATSON . . the school for girls, founded 1721 . . details of her bequest and history of the school.


LEONARD CHAMBERLAIN . . details of the school for boys, the first known school in Sutton, founded 1716.


CHURCH COLLEGE . . a collegiate history of St James' and its college for the training of priests, founded in 1349.


PHOTO COLLECTIONS :
The Photo Collection of Sutton is truly amazing. Two collections alone, by a former rector of the church and a former headmaster of the school, constitute a significant part of Sutton's visual social history in the 20th century. As well as the dozens of photos in frames on view around the walls in the Centre, many individually donated by supporters of the Exhibition, there are 3 main collections available to view in A4 loose-leaf folders. I kid you not, I counted some 30 or so folders, crammed to bursting with photos. Come and see. Bring your lunch . . or refreshments are available at a very modest charge. Come and be amongst friends. Sadly, no photo-copier is yet available on site, though it may be possible to have individual photos scanned and emailed to researchers abroad. Visitors are welcome to take digital photos as required. We hope to soon be able to scan the lot and produce a Photo-CD for a modest sum.


    THE REV'D GEORGE A COLEMAN COLLECTION . . . . . . is a stunning set of 230 photos on glass plate negatives from 1890 to 1920, mostly during the 27yr incumbancy of the Rev'd Coleman at St James'. In the running order of clergy, he is 7 vicars back . . The photos cover many aspects of the village, a real pictorial social history, one that the community can take real pride in

    It is easy to forget in this age of digital photography, when all is so easy and the camera practically does all the work for you, just what knowledge and skill was required to take images such as these upwards of 80 years ago. It is almost impossible these days to take a bad photo, unless you forget to take the cap off.

    These men, and their generation, classed photography as a hobby, and a worthy life skill, and went to untold trouble and efforts to get the perfect photo. It was a costly pastime, camera film was not cheap, developing even more expensive, one of the reasons why many set up their own darkrooms and bought in the chemicals and learnt even more skills to develop their own photos themselves. From all of this, Sutton is a beneficiary. Enjoy it, and celebrate it.



      THE ERIC JOHNSON COLLECTION . . . again, many dozens of good-quality photographs mainly of the school and pupils, from 1939 when he went there as a teacher, becoming Head in 1951, through to his retirement in 1975, just before the move to the new school premises.

      Mr Johnson's stunning collection of photos is an incredible legacy to leave any community, and no doubt he was aware of, and inspired by, the precedent set by the Rev'd G A Coleman's ealier collection noted above.

      It is an honour to be able to show his image here, in typical pose with his camera, and long overdue. I also hope to add the Rev'd Coleman's photo very soon so that the folks of Sutton are more aware of the special debt of thanks they owe these two far-sighted men.


        THE BERNARD SHARP GRAVEYARD COLLECTION . . . . . . is the latest photo collection to add to the Sutton archives. Compiled by Bernard over a period of a very long time, these 1700+ photos of St James' churchyard have been meticulously compiled and archived to CD in 2009, which is now available to all our visitors for their inspection. The time was when the best a family historian could hope for after a churchyard visit was perhaps some hurriedly scrawled notes and a dubious photo that you wouldn't know had turned out until you had the film developed, perhaps weeks later. This collection is good, and a worthy addition to Sutton's history, and was the next logical step after the publication of the Monumental Inscription books by the East Yorkshire Family History Society. All the photos on the CD are named and numbered logically to tie in with those MI books, making every grave reference so very easy to find and tie together.


          THE EXHIBITION COLLECTION . . . comprises an even more untold number of photos, in about 24 volumes, years 1870 - 1989, again detailing most aspects of village life . . church, school, trades, shops, transport, seasonal weather, farming, wartime, RAF station ; again, an incredible social history.

          All the above collections have now been archived to CD.
          It is hoped to publish copies of selected photos for sale on CD at some time in the future,
          the sale of which will contribute towards the upkeep of the Resource Centre.



          CLEVELAND FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS 1851 CENSUS
          Bedale(North Yorkshire)
          Masham, Swinton, Ilton Cum Pott (North Yorkshire)
          Middleham (North Yorkshire)
          Newton le Willows, Burrell, Burton on Ure, Thirn, Thornton Steward,
               Fingall, Constable Burton (All North Yorkshire)
          Well, Snape, Thornton Watlass (North Yorkshire)


          MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS
          Bedale (St. Gregory's Churchyard)
          Thornton Watlass (St. Mary's C'yard) & the Chapel at Snape (North Yorkshire)


          CUMBRIA FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS 1851 CENSUS INDEX Carlisle (part 7) HO 107/2429 Folio 455- 554

          CENSUS RETURNS
          Leyburn Workhouse, North Yorkshire
          for 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891
          Bedale Workhouse, North Yorkshire
          for 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891

          DIRECTORIES
          Battle's Hull Directory - Merchants & Tradesmen 1817
          White's Directory 1826 - Hull & Sculcoates

           



          CD ROMS . . . LOCAL CDs available to view on site at the
          Sutton & Wawne Resource Centre

          In recent months, an incredible amount of local history, database files, etc, have been made available on CD ROM, for the use of visitors on site. Again, bring a floppy disk or USB flash key to be able to copy and take away any info you might find.

          The CD's now available contain :

          1881 British Census and National Index for England, Scotland, Wales, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, and Royal Navy
          1851 Census - partial transcription (names only) of the East Yorkshire Family History Society area in eastern Yorkshire
          1861 Census - a transcription of eastern Yorkshire from the Humber to the Tees
              - East Yorkshire Family History Society
          1871Census - a transcription of Beverley Registration District RGI0 4767 - 4772
             - East Yorkshire Family History Society
          1871 Census - a transcription of Patrington Registration District RG10 4798 & 4799
              - East Yorkshire Family History Society
          1901 Census - CD 29 - Sculcoates RG 13 4466 - 4485
          1901 Census - CD 30 - Sculcoates
          1901 Census - CD 31 - Hull, for Holy Trinity & St. Mary Parishes
          1901 Census - Sutton without

          Beverley Guardian Newspaper - Birth, marriages and deaths 1856 - 1878 –    East Yorkshire Family History Society

          Mormon Immigration Index - Latter Day Saints immigration voyages to the United States for the years 1840 - 1890 -    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter DaySaints

          1851 BRITISH CENSUS
          FOR DEVON, NORFOLK & WARKWICKSHIRE


          THE CLERGY LIST for 1897, a CD for the whole of the UK, and seemingly, the whole British Empire. It's effectively a Who's Who of the whole Church of England, from vicars to archbishops, their education, and all positions held worldwide, as of 1897.

          We also have copies of some PARISH REGISTERS available on CD.
          HOLY TRINITY BAPTISMS 1792-1812
          SCULCOATES MARRIAGES 1804-1829
          SCULCOATES BAPTISMS 1772-1831
          SCULCOATES BURIALS 1772 - 1792


          LOCAL DIRECTORIES on CD:
          KELLY'S 1872
          NOBLES 1838
          PIGOTS 1834
          PURDENS 1839

          HULL TRADE DIRECTORY 1892 ... SEARCH BY TRADE OR STREET NAME

          and also on floppy disk:
          LOST TRAWLERMEN OF HULL ... SEARCH BY NAME or SHIP .... 203 x A4 PAGES OF TRAGEDY .. these pages are also on the internet.

          "EAST YORKSHIRE POSTCARDS", a CD by Frank Farnsworth, a separate collection pertaining to Sutton.

          "STONEFERRY PUBS", by Paul Gibson, and quite a bit of other information besides.

          Hull Through the Ages - Hull & District Directory 1842, First Directory of Hull 1791, Ancient maps of the City of Hull.
          Hull Times Index - 1856 - 1945.
          Roe family history.
          King & Catterick family photos and documents.



          SOME MILITARY DETAILS . . . on some local men who served, photos, medal collections, etc, in the Army, Royal Navy & Royal Marines, and RAF. Plus records and details of Sutton in BOTH World Wars, Civilian Defence, ARP, local bomb damage, and much more .. ration books, leave passes, much memorablia to be seen as well as documentation.


          THE RAF BALLOON SITE . . . an amazing amount of information, maps and plans, records, etc, of The 17th Balloon Barrage Site 1939-42 . . and of RAF Sutton on to the 1960's. Maps & Plans include the location of balloons around Hull, moored on the Humber, and of the boom gate defences at the Humber mouth, and a tremendous amount of other information. Many folks don't realise the importance of this Balloon Site and its part in the defence of Hull and the Humber ports. Just as important as fighters, in fact, and a largely untold and unsung story of Royal Air Force history.

          Copies of Leonard C Bacon's book about RAF Sutton,
          detailing much of of the above, is available from


          click for larger image of book cover

          17 BALLOON CENTRE
          HULL'S OWN AIR FORCE STATIONby Leonard C Bacon
          in softback, A4 format, is just

          £4.95

          all profits went to the fund for the placement of
          the memorial plaque to all those who
          served at RAF Sutton, located within the Library at
          Bransholme's North Point Shopping Centre.

          Copies can be purchased from:
          Mrs Judith Bangs
          The EYFHS
          5 Curlew Close
          Molescroft
          BEVERLEY
          East Yorkshire
          HU17 7QN

          For those interested in
          World War 2 Barrage Balloon operations,
          there is a website :
          Barrage Balloon Reunion Club





          And as if all that above were not enough, docs, photos, maps apart, there is a huge amount of every-day objects and material to see, from Victorian mangles and clothes driers with hanging bloomers and corsets, to WW2 Ration Books, old coins and stamps of the past, and all the things you would expect to see in a Display of Local Social History . . in short, a reference centre, archive and exhibition of local life all rolled into one.

          OTHER USEFUL LINKS ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB
          some start up in a new Web Browser . .
          simply close your uneeded ones.

          The 1901 CENSUS . . Do give this one a try. There is quite a bit of information that can be gleaned for free, once you've learnt one or two easy tricks.

          For instance, don't enter anything in the Place of Birth box, unless you are absolutely sure of the right place, but do put the town or village name in the Place Keywords; it should bring some results in most cases. For Sutton, enter it this way, "Yorkshire Sutton Hull" . . for some reason, it likes the county name first, perhaps because that is how the census enumerators wrote it down in 1901.

          Use wildcards, eg *, so entering YOR * .. will find all entries of YORK, YORKS and YORKSHIRE, but not YKS.

          Another tip: entering a surname on it's own, selecting MALE for gender, then give an age range of 60 years, + or - 60 years .. will give you a list in age order with ages from 0 to 120 , which should cover most folks ! .. If your name is fairly common, ie Smith, Brown, you may have to refine your search somewhat, do a less age range, say all from 0 to 10, and work up in blocks of 10 years. But for most folks, it should give fair results.

          Once you have your free list of residents alive at the time of the Census, 1901, then you can decide if you want to pay to know more about any particular entry. You can buy searches in blocks of £5 on a credit card, and each basic search is 50p for them to email you the details for that person, which will be his/her address, and all the other folks listed with them at the same address. If you want to view the actual census page as an email attachment, it is 75p. Full details are on the site. I've learnt loads about my families, and not paid a penny . .. yet. Good luck.

          1881 Census . . . and this one is now online too ! This 1881 Census used to be the main point of reference for any Family History researcher in England & Wales. Until recently, it was only available on 25 CD's. Here it is now, for free, courtesy of the Mormon Church in Utah, who also provide another good reference site listed next below. Unlike the Government's PRO 1901 site at Kew above, this one is entirely free . . even to full household details.

          Additionally, it is possible to "walk" a street, or walk round a village, and see who were in the households of your ancestor's neighbours. You can literally see who was in each household, visitors and lodgers too, on the night of that census 122 years ago. The headmaster of Wawne school tells us that, when demonstrating the use of the census site, he used that method to find all the children of school age within the village on that day in 1881. It's all there .... ages, whether married, single, or widowed, and occupations, all provide a fascinating insight into life in England and Wales all that time ago. The site is easy to use, and well worth having a go . . and, it's totally free to use.

          But be warned, it is almost addictive, almost like latter day snooping behind the curtains. There are some facts to be gleaned that some inhabitants of he time would not have like their neighbours to know . . like who was married to who, and it even makes quite clear who was co-habiting with who. Of course, you can do that too with the 1901 Census above . . . for a fee.

          The IGI website . . for International Genealogical Information . . including all of the UK. As with the 1881 Census site above, it's run by the Mormon Church, from Utah, and is the most extensive set of genealogical records available on the web at the moment. It is in effect a massive database of most of the UK's church records, transcribed by Mormon evangelists visiting Britain in the 1960's and 70's and before those records were removed from the churches and lodged in County Record Offices for safekeeping. But be careful, as there are many mistakes and spelling errors, especially with placenames. Americans never did get a hang of the peculiarities of our quaint placenames, though to be fair, the handwriting of vicars and clerics from some 200 years ago or more leaves a lot to the imagination at times. By and large, the Mormon church has done a fantastic job and saved a tremendous amount of information that might otherwise have been lost.
          Another way to search this database is by Batch Numbers, specific to a parish. See all the JONES in one parish, or all the parish through all the decades, by birth/christening, or just by marriage. Very useful, and thanks to Penny Brown of Hull for sending the link.

          RootsWeb . . takes you to free Census information, Births-Marriages-Deaths (BMD) information, etc. It works in a similar way to the IGI above, but tends to be more accurate for placename spellings. It is limited though; no records before 1837, when registration in the UK became law, nor after 1902, for the time being.

          Tip : I like to have four browser windows open, and log into each of the two Census sites, plus the IGI and BMD as well. Then you can flit back and forth between them, questioning each database in turn. Sometimes, a person will show up as existing in the 1881 census, say as a boy, or girl, but no record may show in the IGI list, as that one is only as accurate as surviving church records. Many church records were lost through neglect, or damp, some through enemy action during the war, etc. But, that same person may well appear again, 20 years later and married with a family in the 1901 census. That may give you some more names to go on, siblings, or children, and it could be that THEY may show in FreeBMD or the IGI. Use them all together, but be aware when entering names that some require surname first, then christian name, and in other databases, it's christian name first. Knowing that can save hours of fruitless searches looking for someone called Brown Gordon.

          Yorkshire Births Marriages and Deaths .. Similar to above, though specifically for Yorkshire. Although the indexes are not yet complete for all years and districts, the database will eventually cover Yorkshire births, marriages and deaths for the years 1837 to 1950. I note this site has clocked over 1 million visitors since 2001 .. a testament to how useful it is. Again, all searches are free.

          GENUKI . . . stands for Genealogy, UK and Ireland . . a great place to start if you already have family information for a particular town or village and want to know more about the area; the subsidiary pages are organised by county - and it lists every village and hamlet in a county and tells you which registration districts they were in. Very useful. They can also tell you if someone is already researching your name . . . and there are a phenomenal number of links to other useful sites, including most UK city and county record offices. I do believe there is even a link back to these Sutton & Wawne pages . .

          SUTTON-ON-HULL on GENUKI . . . the village entry in the GENUKI pages mentioned above . . with further links to Trade Directories for 1823 and 1892, showing names of most local trading and farming families, shop owners, village craftsmen, etc, plus county Wapentake boundaries, and several other links besides.

          SUTTON . . . . another page on THIS website, a personal view of the village and area, and recommended to be used in conjunction with the GENUKI website above, and the journey up the River Hull site below. Many people have emailed the Sutton Team looking for insight into what Sutton was like, years ago when their forefathers lived there, and today to see how much it's changed, or more likely how little its changed. I took some of those descriptions, widened it out to include the Ings and Carrs and Stoneferry, and here it is. My own feelings at what I found when I came here in 1973 . . and how I view the area now.


          Churches of Britain & Ireland . . a massive list, arranged by county or search by village/town name, of hundreds and hundreds of churches all over Britain and Ireland. Not every village in all counties are there, but most are .. and if you have a pic of one that is missing, Mr Bulman takes submissions. Well worth a browse. This is a site that is sure to expand further.

          Driffield, All Saints Church . . on the site of DRIFFIELD AND WOLDS GENEALOGY .. another large site, a tremendous amount of history on this church and the town. Lots of links to genealogy interests for those with links to the area. They have a further link to a petition to government on the question of whether England should have its own parliament.

          THE RIVER HULL . . a journey along . . A truly first-class website, done by canal enthusiasts of the Driffield Navigation Amenities Association, it includes a virtual photo cruise up the River Hull from the Humber to Driffield .. and includes images of every bridge ! Also has some extensive historic photos, including the ferries at Stoneferry and Wawne .. This river, and its crossings, have always played an important part in Sutton's story. It may be safe to say that the river, and its floodings, actually 'made' Sutton. Discuss . . . If anyone abroad who has family from the Hull area who wants an insight into what this area used to be like in Victorian times, this river site par excellence will help enormously, short of actually coming here. Use in conjunction with ariel photos on Multimap .. now, there's an idea!

          THREE HULL MAPS
          ... Three scans of small area, but large detail maps, c.1893 ... they take a few moments to load on a 56k connection, each in its own new window.
          Victoria Dock 1 ... 966Kb
          Victoria Dock 2 ... 516Kb
          Paragon Sta ... 917Kb
          It's interesting to see the site of the Citadel before The Deep, and also Paragon Station before Ferensway or the old Bus Station. This is late-Victorian Hull, complete with tramways, railways, etc.


          Commonwealth War Graves Commission . . an excellent searchable database, an incredible and lasting memorial to EVERY man and woman that served and lost their lives in BOTH World Wars with ANY of the armed forces of the UK and Commonwealth . . or as it was then, the Empire. It includes all Merchant Navy losses, RAF losses at sea, and a great deal you wouldn't at first have thought of. All you need to know is the individual's name and initials, the service they served with, the war they died in, and of course, the country. And if you don't know all of those, there's still ways . . . it's worth a try.

          The Civilian War Dead Index of Yorkshire, Northumberland & Durham .. is an incredible list of the war dead of those three counties. As you look down it, you'll see an amazing number of Hull names and families who lost their lives in the various air raid attacks on Hull during the blitz. For people NOT from Hull, who ever doubted how bad Hull was hit during WW II, then take a look at this. The entries that read .. Hull, ERY .. seem endless. See the link below . . . .

          Maps of Hull showing the fall of bombs during the Blitz ... is really 16 scans, A4 size, of a larger streetmap of Hull, dated 1945. It tells it's own story, and is some testament to the some 1,300 Hull residents killed, listed above in the Civilian Index, and the 12,000 injured, during those dark days. Opens in a new Window.

          A Glossary of Terms used in Heraldry . . if you get far enough to need to decipher heraldic devices, you are indeed fortunate. This may help you on your way . .

          EYFHS . . the East Yorkshire Family History Society now have an excellent webshop, where there is a complete list of all their publications, including Monumental Inscriptions (headstone records in churchyards), Parish Records, Census Records, Maps and newspaper extracts, for EVERY East Yorkshire village, a regular A to Z . . from Aike to Youlethorpe. They vary in price from £1.60 to about £6.50 for the larger ones, Beverley, Bridlington, etc, and can be ordered via email, and pay by cheque, or paid for online via PayPal. Or you can write to their Publications Officer, at :

          Mrs Judith Bangs
          5 Curlew Close
          Molescroft
          BEVERLEY
          East Yorkshire
          HU17 7QN

          Additionally, it is possible to buy other records and transcripts on both CD and floppy disk, eg. 1851 East Yorkshire Census and Parish Register Transcipts.


          EYLHS
          EAST YORKSHIRE LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY . . not to be confused with the Family History Society above, leads to their excellent website, listing the publications of the EYLHS, and where to buy them from. Publications range from "Hull & East Yorkshire Breweries" to "The Beginnings of the East Yorkshire Railways" and "The Viking Century in East Yorkshire". Only available by post, I'm afraid, for the time being.
          It opens in a separate window so you don't lose this one.

          The Public Record Office at Kew . . this is the Family Records part of the PRO Census site above. Many will recall that this used to be at Somerset House . . but no longer. There is also a link to the 1901 Census, so you can go to it either way.

          service 64 in Ferensway PBase - PHOTOS OF OLD HULL ... another photo archive of old Hull and environs. They're coming thick and fast now .. other photos in this database are more modern, around East Yorkshire and York, but sadly, this link is not a direct one. Click the link above to go to the site, where there are several photo galleries, then click on Family2 right down the page, and enter the password .. sw1980r .. to access them. Give it a few seconds, and up will pop something like 240 thumbnails. There have been copyright issues, hence the convoluted way to access them, but this section of of the site is what can only be described as a superlative postcard collection. But it's worth it. Who recalls the old clock in the round window above the shop on the corner of Paragon Square? If you know Hull well, allow yourself a good half hour ....


          MKH 81 stops in Beverley Market Place en route to HessleEYMS vehicle archive site ... apart from the interest in the old buses themselves, the streetscenes in many of these photos are superb. Shops and businesses long since passed into history, the fashions and attire of folks in the photos, the destinations on the buses, even the route numbers ... all nostalgia for the right generation.



          KVK 967 turns into Paragon Street down the side of the City HallKHCT vehicle archive ... from the same site and source as the EYMS pages above .. similarly, lots of street scenes, shop fronts, roads and city centre scenes now altered beyond belief, plus memories of the old Coach Station of late memory, as it was called in it's heyday when that EYMS coach depicted above used to leave daily for Newcastle and Tyneside..




          Old Maps UK . . takes you to a site where you can view an 1855 map of Sutton village . . just go to the site and type in the search bar . . SUTTON-ON-HULL . . include the dashes, exactly like this.

          (added Oct 2007 : the large maps are no longer available for free, they want you to buy those. But you can see the area you want in sections, and additionally, there are 7 maps to choose from : 1855 ; 1889 ; 1893 ; 1910; 1911 ; 1928 ... and finally, 1938. On the latter one, all the large houses are clearly marked.


          See just how much help there is around for Sutton & Wawne folk just getting into this . . if you've been 'thinking' of researching your family history, there really is no excuse for prevaricating any longer, help is dripping from the trees ! It's never been easier. You can find out so much before you even leave your house.




          Who ARE these naval cadets, or scouts ?
          Finally, I wonder if anyone recognises any
          of these fine young reprobates here . .
          Click the picture for a closer look.
          Previous offences will be taken into consideration !!


          To Contact Us:

          If you really do feel that you need to write to someone at Sutton, we will do our best to help. In the first instance, write to us, CLICK HERE, and We'll try to direct you to the best source of information. It is almost certain that the Team Minister or the Church Office will re-direct all enquiries to one of us anyway, so this will save you time. There are two or three other people we can direct you to depending on the nature of your enquiry; a few dealing with more general local history and maps, etc, we will be able to help you with, and be glad to do so. If you sign in to our Guestbook, do remember to leave your email address, so we can contact you. In the meantime, we hope this page has been of help.

          Whoever, or whatever, you are looking for,
          We wish you Luck, and God Speed.



          CAN YOU HELP WITH THESE NAMES ?
          If you have got down this far,
          then you really must be deep into family history.
          Here is a New Page, as of Feb 2003, summarising some name and place requests we receive both via the Guestbook, and by email. We've replied to these with what info we have or could dig up, but you may see a name you're looking for, or a place you know something about, or be just happy to help in some way.






          And here's a treat for history enthusiasts.
          The early Ordnance Survey map of the village,
          dated 1855, mentioned above.
          Click this first link . .
          the others below are required by copyright law.
          1855 SUTTON MAP

          This image, linked above, is produced from the
          Old Maps Service
          with permission of
          Landmark Information Group Ltd
          and
          Ordnance Survey
          See reference above to maps from later periods now available on Old Maps.

          A more modern (1960s) map of the
          map of general Sutton & Wawne area
          general Sutton & Wawne area
          ,
          showing their relationship to surrounding villages, as well as to Hull and Beverley. The only detail I've altered is to show the River Hull, and the network of drainage ditches (drains) in a more prominent blue, and to slightly highlight the higher ground, or low ridge, that Sutton sits astride at the SE end, and Wawne nestling just below the ridge at the NW end.
          Bear in mind, this is pre-Bransholme, by-passes, and in the days when trolleybuses still ran past East Park down Holderness Road. It's a large map, about 455kb, and should just fill your screen in a new browser . . press F11 to see full screen and without toolbars.

          Copyright is acknowledged to:
          Johnston & Bacon for their excellent
          3-miles-to-the-inch road atlas of Britain.



          A panoramic "aerial view" of Hull
          circa 1890 - 1900
          scanned in 4 sections
          each opens in fresh browser,
          close as you go along

          press F11 to view full screen

          Old Aerial View 1    Old Aerial View 2

          Old Aerial View 3    Old Aerial View 4

          copyright is acknowledged to the Ferens Art Gallery,
          where the original of this fascinating print
          may be viewed by the public for free.


          THREE HULL MAPS
          Victoria Dock 1
          Victoria Dock 2
          Paragon Station
          Spring Bank / Beverley Road / Prospect St

          These maps are scanned copies of those prepared for the railway companies, of the Dock Estate and railway network, back in the late 19th century. Take and use as they are .. we've no idea who to credit the copyright to, apart perhaps the late North Eastern Railway.
          The Paragon Station map is especially noteworthy, as it includes the whole of the area that became the Coach Station and Corporation Bus Depot in the 1930's .. and now the St Stephen's shopping centre. The next map is of the area to the north of the station, taking in Spring Bank Corner.


          a link to modern aerial views of Hull,
          and many other towns and villages
          in the East Riding and North Lincs area ;
          ie, the geographic area "Humberside"

          Modern Aerial Views


          CAUTION ! BUYER BEWARE !!

          Using the above links on this site:
          Please be aware that ANY information we carry here on or about other organisations, with or without websites or links, will become out-of-date given time. Information to do with books, videos, CDs, publications, and their prices, all change over time, as do addresses of contact details, phone numbers, email addresses and the like. Any weblink or postal address should be taken as a starting point. New viewers of anyof the sites and links displayed on our site should check prices, etc, with those other sites, before sending cheques or payment. Likewise, we cannot guarantee the accuracy, nor content, of anything we have a link to .. they are after all, just that, links. Links which we hope will help, point you in the right direction. No guarantee is given or offered by this site. Even the BBC say they cannot guarantee the accuracy of their links, so any link or information we show here should only be used with caution and discretion .. we're just trying to provide a useful service, and it is free.


          GO . . to the Next Page
          for a personal view of the village and area.

          And finally, for those of you getting reallydeep into tracing your family tree, and what Americans shamelessly call your Pedigree and your Bloodline . . a bit like Crufts, innit . . . here's a few cautionary words of comfort from across the Pond about taking any of it too seriously.


          The Ballad of Susie Lee



          Susie Lee, she fell in love,

          She planned to marry Joe,

          She was so happy ‘bout it all;

          She told her Pappa so.


          Pappa told her, Susie lass,

          You’ll have to find another,

          I’d just as soon your Ma don’t know,

          But Joe is yo’ half-brother.”


          So Susie forgot all about her Joe,

          And planned to marry Will,

          But, after telling Pappa this,

          He said, There’s trouble still.


          You can’t marry Will, my lass,

          And please don’t tell your Mother,

          ‘Cause Will and Joe and several more

          I know are your half-brother.


          But Mamma knew and said “Honey Child,

          Do what makes you happy,

          Marry Will . . . or marry Joe,

          You ain’t no kin to Pappy!”



          Well !! I say .. .



          Interesting footnote to genealogy : Dr Steve Jones, the acclaimed genetecist, maintains that the one single invention, development, of modern times that has done most to aid the spread of the gene pool, has been .....
          the bicycle !!

          And finally, some women (alright, most women) have always been over-suspicious of their husbands. When Adam stayed out very late for a few nights, Eve became upset.

          "You're running around with other women," she charged.

          "You're being unreasonable," Adam responded. "You're the only woman on earth." The quarrel continued until Adam fell asleep, only to be awakened by someone poking him in the chest.

          It was Eve. "What do you think you're doing?" Adam demanded.

          "Counting your ribs," said Eve.

           

          And then there's the money issue ....

          "Darling," said the swooning man to his new bride, "Now that we're married, do you think you will be able to live on my small income?"

          "Of course, dearest, no trouble," she said. "But what will you live on?"

          A FEW CHOICE CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS ...
          gleaned from round-and-about on the Internet,
          but just for fun !


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          The Fasting & Prayer Conference includes meals.
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          The sermon this morning: 'Jesus Walks on the
          Water.' The sermon tonight: 'Searching for Jesus.'
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          Ladies, don't forget the rummage sale.
          It's a chance to get rid of those things
          not worth keeping around the house.
          Bring your husbands.
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          Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our
          community. Smile at someone who is hard to love.
          Say 'Hell' to someone who doesn't care much about you.
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          Don't let worry kill you off - let the Church help.
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          Miss Charlene Mason sang 'I will not pass this way again,'
          giving obvious pleasure to the congregation.
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          For those of you who have children and don't know it,
          we have a nursery downstairs.
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          Next Thursday, there will be tryouts for the choir.
          They need all the help they can get.
          --------------------------
          Irving Benson and Jessie Carter were married on
          October 24 in the church.
          So ends a friendship that began in their school days.
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          At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be
          'What Is Hell?' Come early and listen to our choir practice.
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          Eight new choir robes are currently needed
          due to the addition of several new members
          and to the deterioration of some older ones.
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          Scouts are saving aluminium cans, bottles and other
          items to be recycled. Proceeds will be used to cripple children.
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          Please place your donation in the envelope along with
          the deceased person you want remembered.
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          The church will host an evening of fine dining, super
          entertainment and gracious hostility.
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          Potluck supper Sunday at 5:00 PM - prayer and
          medication to follow.
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          The ladies of the Church have cast off clothing of every kind.
          They may be seen in the basement on Friday afternoon.
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          This evening at 7 PM there will be a hymn singing
          in the park across from the Church.
          Bring a blanket and come prepared to sin.

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          Ladies Bible Study will be held Thursday morning at 10 AM.
          All ladies are invited to lunch in the Fellowship Hall after
          the B. S. is done.
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          The pastor would appreciate it if the ladies of the Congregation
          would lend him their electric girdles for the pancake
          breakfast next Sunday.
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          Low Self Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7PM.
          Please use the back door.
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          The eighth-graders will be presenting Shakespeare's Hamlet
          in the Church basement Friday at 7 PM.
          The congregation is invited to attend this tragedy.
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          Weight Watchers will meet at 7 PM at the First Presbyterian Church.
          Please use large double door at the side entrance.
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          The Associate Minister unveiled the church's new
          campaign slogan last Sunday: 'I Upped My Pledge - Up Yours.'

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