Sutton St Nicholas, Herefordshire

Description
Lutton Bourne or Sutton St Nicholas, a village and an ecclesiastical parish, formed in 1882, in the civil parish of Long Sutton, Lincolnshire. The village is 2 miles N of Long Sutton station on the M.E. and G.N.R., and 5 E of Holbeach. It has a post office under Wisbech; money order and telegraph office, Long Sntton. Population of the ecclesiastical parish, 686. The living is a vicarage ia the diocese of Lincoln; net value, £90. Patron, the Vicar of Long Sutton. The church is an ancient building of brick and stone in the Early Decorated and Perpendicular styles, was repaired in 1860, and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a tower and spire 159 feet high. There are Primitive Methodist and Unitarian chapels. Dr Busby, the famous schoolmaster of the 17th century, was a native; The pulpit and the tiles in the church were erected and. placed to his memory, in obedience to his wish that something should be done to beautify the "chappell" of hi£ native place.