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SUTTON COLDFIELD

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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 172 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SUTTON COLDFIELD , a municipal See also:borough in the See also:Tamworth See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Warwickshire, See also:England, 7 M. N.E. from See also:Birmingham on branches of the See also:London & See also:North-Western and Midland See also:railways. Pop. (1901), 14,264. The See also:town, which lies high in a hilly situation, is the centre of a residential See also:district for persons having their business offices in Birmingham, See also:Walsall and other towns. The See also:church of the See also:Holy Trinity, See also:Early See also:English and See also:Late Perpendicular, enlarged in 1879, contains a See also:fine See also:Norman See also:font and the See also:tomb of See also:Bishop Vesey. On the picturesque See also:park near the town, 2400 acres in extent, the inhabitants have the right of grazing horses and See also:cattle at a small See also:fee. This, with the Crystal See also:Palace gardens, forms a recreation ground for the See also:people of Birmingham. In the vicinity are New See also:Hall, an interesting See also:mansion of the 13th See also:century, with a hall of the 16th, used as a boys' school; and Peddimore Hall, a moated mansion of the See also:ancient See also:family of See also:Arden, of which there are slight remains. The town is governed by a See also:mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors. See also:Area, 12,828 acres. Sutton Coldfield (Svtone, Sutton in Colefeud, Sutton Colfild, See also:King's Sutton) is mentioned in the Domesday Survey as a See also:possession of the Conqueror and as having been held before that See also:time by See also:Edwin, See also:earl of See also:Mercia.

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Henry I. exchanged it with See also:Roger de See also:Newburgh, earl of See also:Warwick, whose descendant, See also:William de See also:Beauchamp, in the reign of See also:Edward I., claimed by See also:prescription a See also:court leet with See also:assize of See also:bread and See also:ale and other liberties here, which were allowed him, as it was found that his ancestors had held the same. By the time of Henry VIII. the town had fallen " into much ruin," according to See also:Leland, and would never have reached its See also:present position but for the See also:interest of See also:John Vesey, bishop of See also:Exeter, a native of the See also:place, who procured for it a See also:charter of See also:incorporation in 1529 under the See also:title of the " See also:Warden and Society of the Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield." The charter also appointed a warden and twenty-two See also:fellows to be the See also:common hall, and granted the town and park to the See also:corporation at a yearly See also:rent of £5S. Another charter, dated 1664, appointed two See also:capital burgesses to be justices of the See also:peace with the warden. In 1855 Sutton was divided into six wards, with an See also:alderman and three councillors for each. Markets granted in 1300, 1353 and 1529 have been discontinued. Fairs were granted in 1300, 1353 and 1529, to be held at the feasts of Trinity, Michaelmas and St See also:Simon and St See also:Jude, and are now held on Trinity See also:Monday, the r4th of See also:March, the 19th of See also:September and the 8th of See also:November. Vesey set up here a See also:cloth See also:trade which, however, soon became neglected. SUTTON-IN-ASHFIELD, an See also:urban district in the See also:Mansfield parliamentary division of See also:Nottinghamshire, England, lying in a picturesque district on the border of See also:Sherwood See also:Forest, on See also:branch lines of the Midland and See also:Great See also:Northern railways, 15 M. N. by W. of See also:Nottingham. Pop. (1891), 10,562; (1001), 14,862. See also:SUVAROV The church of St See also:Mary Magdalene of the 12th and r4th centuries was restored in 1868.

There are collieries and limeworks in the vicinity. See also:

Cotton See also:hosiery and See also:thread are the See also:principal manufactures.

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