Little Sutton, Lincolnshire


Little Sutton is a small civil parish, containing a few farms, situated between the much larger parishes of Long Sutton and Sutton Bridge, in Lincolnshire, England.

Geography

For Parliamentary, County, and District elections it is taken together with its bigger sibling, Long Sutton. Purely parish matters are dealt with by a Parish meeting. On South Holland District Council, it is part of the Long Sutton ward, with Lutton and Tydd. At the 2001 census, 100% of the parish was white, with 87% describing themselves as Christian.
The parish boundary with Long Sutton stretches as far north as Yellow House. West of it meets Sutton Bridge. It follows ' southwards, crossing Woad Lane, past Common Farm. It crosses Bridge Road, the former A17, then further south crosses the busy A17 close to where the pylon line crosses. As ', the boundary meets Tydd St Mary at the South Holland Main Drain. At the A1101 bridge over the , it meets Long Sutton, and follows the A1101 Wisbech Road northwards. For 300 metres, it follows Woodward's Lane eastwards, then passes northwards across the A17, west of Hope House. At , it passes northwards along the west side of the Premier Foods .

Food production

have a factory on Bridge Road. Princes Foods uses this address for most of its products. The factory uses around 16,000MWh of electricity a year. It has canning production of baked beans, vegetables, puddings and meat. It employs over 600 people. The plant is referred to as their Long Sutton plant.
The factory was acquired by Hillsdown Holdings in 1981, and was used to can vegetables. In 1990 Hillsdown Holdings became HL Foods Ltd, becoming Premier Foods in November 2002 before then becoming Princes Foods.
In December 2001, when known as Premier International Foods, food scientists at the plant created the world's first 'chips in a can' meal, costing 99p each. The team was headed by Dr Malcolm Crouchman. The items were marketed as Omelette, Chips 'N' Beans and Beef Grill 'N' Chips.

History

The civil parish is contained within the religious parish of St Mary, Long Sutton.