Sutterby

{{Short description|Hamlet in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England}}

{{Use British English|date=December 2013}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}

{{Infobox UK place

| static_image_name= St John the Baptist, Sutterby - geograph.org.uk - 474339.jpg

| static_image_alt=

| static_image_caption= St John the Baptist, Sutterby

| country = England

| official_name= Sutterby

| map_alt=

| coordinates = {{coord|53.23059|0.076119|display=inline,title}}

| civil_parish= Langton by Spilsby

| shire_district= East Lindsey

| shire_county = Lincolnshire

| region= East Midlands

| constituency_westminster= Louth and Horncastle

| post_town= Spilsby

| postcode_district = LN11

| postcode_area= LN

| dial_code=

| os_grid_reference= TF386724

| london_distance_mi= 115

| london_direction= S

}}

Sutterby is a hamlet in the civil parish of Langton by Spilsby, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated {{convert|9|mi|km|0}} south-east from Louth and {{convert|8|mi|km|0}} east from Horncastle. In 1931 the parish had a population of 24.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10458250/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Sutterby AP/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=22 November 2023}} On 1 April 1936 the parish was abolished and merged with Langton by Spilsby.{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/spilsby.html|title=Spilsby Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|accessdate=22 November 2023}}

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 settlement (the village is located within the area of the Danelaw).{{citation needed|date=June 2012}}

In 1219 Hugh of Wells, bishop of Lincoln, granted the church at Sutterby to the Benedictine Nuns of the Priory of Chester. It seems{{according to whom|date=December 2013}} that the nuns had lost it, however, by the time of the Dissolution of the Monasteries.{{citation needed|date=December 2013}} The Church of John the Baptist, is a Grade II listed building under the protection of the Friends of Friendless Churches.{{cite PastScape|mnumber=527262|mname=St John the Baptist, Sutterby |accessdate=7 July 2011}}{{cite web|title=St John the Baptist, Sutterby|url=http://www.achurchnearyou.com/langton-by-partney-st-peter-st-paul/|publisher=A Church Near You|accessdate=7 July 2011}}{{NHLE|num=1147550|desc=St John the Baptist Sutterby|accessdate=7 July 2011}}