Sutton-in-Craven
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Sutton-in-Craven is a village in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, situated in the Aire Valley between Skipton and Keighley. The population is roughly 3,500. The village is adjacent to Cross Hills and Glusburn, but although these three villages form what is effectively a small town, Sutton has its own parish and maintains its own distinct identity.
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The village existed as early as 1086, as it is mentioned in the Domesday Book. Sometime thereafter, Sutton and surrounding lands passed from the crown to a succession of Norman landowners: Robert de Romille, then Edmund de Boyvill and then Adam de Copley. As of the 14th century, the village was known as Sutton-in-Ayrdale. The main industry, until the Industrial Revolution, was farming of livestock, especially sheep.
In 1773, the Leeds-Liverpool Canal passed nearby, and railways followed in 1846. Agriculture was largely replaced by work in the textile industry for most inhabitants; however only one of the several original mill buildings remains today.
The well known financier and celebrated divorce lawyer Patrick Boreham now resides in the village.
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