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The first recorded mention of Sutterby is in the [[Domesday Book]]; the "-by" at the end of its name indicates this place may originally have been a [[Viking Age|Viking]] settlement (the village is located within the area of the [[Danelaw]]).
 
In [[1219]] Hugh of Wells, [[bishop]] of [[Lincoln, Lincolnshire|Lincoln]], granted the [[church]] at Sutterby to the [[Benedictine]] [[Nuns]] of the [[Abbeys_and_priories_in_England#Cheshire|Priory of Chester]]. It seems that the nuns had lost it, however, by the time of the [[dissolution_of_the_monasteriesDissolution of the Monasteries]]. The church, dedicated to [[St John the Baptist]], is now under the protection of the [[Friends of Friendless Churches]].
 
The novella, ''John Enderby'', by [[Gilbert Parker]] has [[Charles I of England|Charles I]] resting overnight at Sutterby.