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:
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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
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.
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 ....
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.

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

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.
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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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