19th Nov, 2018
Until the 1940s, the site of the concrete factory was occupied by a two- storey house, a replacement for a building once owned by Edward III’s fourth son, John of Gaunt, who became Lord of the Manor of Sutton Holland on the death of his wife’s father Henry Duke of...
6th Oct, 2018
Local historian and author Bruce Robinson lived in Long Sutton as a child during the war years. His memoirs provide this account of increasing militarisation to counter the threat of German invasion during 1940… When I was about five, the Army moved into an...
6th Oct, 2018
Progressive reclamation of the Wash’s salt marshes has pushed the coastline back by about five miles from what was once the ‘sea front’ near Long Sutton. As recently as 1820, as mentioned in last month’s column, sales particulars for the old manor house reported that...
17th Sep, 2018
13th Sep, 2018
Long Sutton Fire Brigade are celebrating their 150th Anniversary in 1984. This is a photograph taken in 1919 at the unveiling of the War Memorial, and in the background you can see the Fire Station when it was situated next to the town lock-up jail. The Fire Brigade...
