Sutton St James

{{Short description|Village and civil parish in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England}}

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

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}

{{Infobox UK place

| static_image_name= Sutton St. James Church - geograph.org.uk - 120683.jpg

| static_image_alt=

| static_image_caption= Sutton St James' church tower and chancel

| country = England

| official_name= Sutton St James

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| coordinates = {{coord|52.744612|0.067388|display=inline,title}}

| population= 1,118

| population_ref= (2011){{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11129325&c=PE12+0ED&d=16&e=62&g=6447179&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1440425686847&enc=1|title=Parish population 2011|accessdate=24 August 2015|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}

| shire_district= South Holland

| shire_county = Lincolnshire

| region= East Midlands

| constituency_westminster= South Holland and The Deepings

| post_town= SPALDING

| postcode_district = PE12

| postcode_area= PE

| dial_code=

| os_grid_reference= TF396183

| london_distance_mi= 100

| london_direction= S

}}

Sutton St James is a village and civil parish in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England, about {{convert|4|mi|km|spell=in}} south-west of Long Sutton.

Lying in the Lincolnshire Fens, Sutton St James did not exist at the time of the 1086 Domesday Book. Sutton St James was a chapelry to the parish of Long Sutton until it was created a civil parish in 1866.{{cite web|title=Sutton St James|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10458705&c_id=10001043|work=Vision of Britain|publisher=University of Portsmouth|accessdate=8 August 2011}}

The parish church is dedicated to Saint James, and is unusual in that the chancel and tower are disconnected, the nave having been destroyed during the Interregnum, when Oliver Cromwell was Lord Protector of England.{{PastScape |mname=St James church, Sutton St James|mnumber=353496|accessdate=8 August 2011}} The tower is Grade II* listed and dates from the 15th century, with restorations in 1879 and 1894.{{NHLE|desc=St James Tower|num=1204853|accessdate=8 August 2011}} The chancel is Grade II listed and dates from the 15th century – it was heavily restored at the same time as the tower, and an extension was added in the 20th century. The font bowl dates from the 15th century.{{NHLE|desc=St James Chancel|num=1064541|accessdate=8 August 2011}}

File:The Cross at Sutton St James - geograph.org.uk - 1001943.jpg

St Ives Cross is a 14th-century butter cross. All that now remains are four steps, the base and {{convert|12|in|cm|0}} of the shaft. It stands at the junction of four roads west of the village, and is a scheduled monument and Grade II listed.{{PastScape|mname=St Ives Cross|mnumber=353493|accessdate=8 August 2011}}{{NHLE|desc=St Ives Cross (Scheduled)|num=1010689|accessdate=8 August 2011}}{{NHLE|desc=St Ives Cross (Listed)|num=1064542|accessdate=8 August 2011}}

Unusually for a small village, there is another cross located near Old Fen Dyke, which is believed to be a market cross, nearly {{convert|0.75|mi|km|0}} south-west of St Ives Cross. Similarly, the base, and part of the shaft are all that survive. It is scheduled and Grade II listed.{{PastScape|mname=Medieval Cross|mnumber=353503|accessdate=8 August 2011}} It is believed to be one of a rare group of medieval boundary markers of which only two other crosses survive.{{NHLE|desc=Medieval Cross (Scheduled)|num=1010672|accessdate=8 August 2011}}{{NHLE|desc=Medieval Cross (listing)|num=1359248|accessdate=8 August 2011}}

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Sutton St James has a butchers, a primary school, church hall, village hall, gun shop, hairdressers, public house, post office, shop, bowls club, football club, a small park, garage, a Baptist church and a playgroup.