Description
Sutton, Long, a parish, with a village and two hamlets in Somerset, 4 miles from Langport station on the G.W.R. It has a post and money order office under Langport; telegraph office, Somerton. Acreage, 3851; population, 802. The parish has a council of six members. The manor belongs to the Duke of Devonshire. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells; net value, £150 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Wells. The church is in the Perpendicular style, with a lofty embattled tower; the pulpit dates from 1474. There are a Friends' meetinghouse and a temperance hall.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
