MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS . . . (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. Both books can be purchased from the EYFHS for around £5.

Additionally, there are the MIs for WAWNE, SCULCOATES, ROOS, 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.

OLD MAPS . . .
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 years :
1841 ~ 1851 ~ 1861 ~ 1881 ~ 1891 ~ 1901

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 have the full 1881 details for Wawne.

(Oct 05) .. we now have more national census and local records CD's ;
see the LOCAL CD's section further below.

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 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 is truly amazing. As well as the dozens of photos in frames around the walls, 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 G A COLEMAN COLLECTION . . . a stunning set of 230 photos taken on glass plate negatives from 1890 to 1920, mostly during the 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.

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.

THE EXHIBITION COLLECTION . . . comprises an 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.

The CDs now available contain :

1851 BRITISH CENSUS, FOR DEVON, NORFOLK & WARKWICKSHIRE
1851 EYFHS AREA of EAST YORKSHIRE
1861 EYFHS AREA .. the HUMBER to the TEES.
1881 BRITISH CENSUS AND NAT. INDEX from the MORMON CHURCH
1901 CENSUS for SUTTON, STONEFERRY, SCULCOATES and HULL

There is also a CD of the CLERGY LIST for 1897, 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 now 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

plus the MORMON IMMIGRATION INDEX to the USA


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.


Other CDs have "EAST YORKSHIRE POSTCARDS", a collection pertaining to Sutton, "STONEFERRY PUBS", and quite a bit of other information besides.

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

17 BALLOON CENTRE
HULL'S OWN AIR FORCE STATION

£4.95

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

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 website, where there is a complete list of all their publications, including Monumental Inscriptions (headstone records in churchyards) for EVERY East Yorkshire village, a regular A to Z . . from Aike to Youlethorpe. They vary in price from £1 to about £5, and can be ordered via email, and pay by cheque. 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 foppy disk, eg. 1851 East Yorkshire Census and Parish Register Transcipts. Plus two very reasonably priced maps, A3 in size, showing the EYFHS area parish map, and the Ecclesiastical Parish Boundaries of Hull, both post paid at 50p and 60p respectively. Order them with your MI's, and the postage on the maps is free.

EYLHS
There is an organisation called the EAST YORKSHIRE LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY . . not to be confused with the Family History Society above. This mine of local and very interesting information used to have a website, and their new secretary tells me they will again, one day soon. In the meantime, they've asked me to remove all their details, and their contact address, from this site. Of course, as soon as they furnish me with some up-to-date details, like a link to their proposed new website, I'll post it here.

We did have a list of publications of theirs, posted here in 2002, which naturally after this passage of time, is now out of date. I apologise if their members have been inconvenienced, though their request does point up the fairly obvious fact that ANY information pointing to another organisation, on the web or not, to do with books, publications, prices, will become out-of-date given time. New viewers of any of 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 any site 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 guarantees given. Even the BBC say they cannot guarantee the accuracy of their links, addresses, info. Likewise, viewers should take any that we show here in a similar spirit.

Veterans of the web will understand that this point is almost a given. It's a fantastic tool, this web thing, if used right, especially for history. Understanding it helps enormously. Sorry if the learning curve is a little steep for some.

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.

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 this link is direct to the section of what can only be described as a superlative postcard collection. Who recalls the old clock in the round window above the shop on the corner of Paragon Square?

EYMS 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.

KHCT 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.