Where is sutton bonington

Position of Sutton Bonington relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of Sutton Bonington to the centre of the city. By accessing our site you agree to us using cookies, and sharing information about your use of our site, in accordance with our privacy policy. This site uses cookies to analyze traffic and for ads measurement purposes. Sutton Bonington Where is Sutton Bonington? Sutton Bonington on a map Bounding box showing extent of Sutton Bonington.

Location of Sutton Bonington within the UK. Source: Ordnance Survey Open Names. Licence: Open Government Licence. Source: Ordnance Survey County Boundaries.

Location of Sutton Bonington within Nottinghamshire. We're improving this section but you can still use the 'Places' function in OS Maps to find nearby points of interest. Luxurious furnishings throughout. En-suite facilities. Three storeys.

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The River Soar is the county boundary with Leicestershire and approximately to the northwest, in Leicestershire, is the large village of Kegworth. The nearest town is Loughborough, some by road to the south, and the nearest village is Normanton on Soar. Originally, Sutton and Bonington were two settlements, probably originating in Anglo-Saxon times the names likely derive from South farm and Buna's farm ; Sutton was to the south of Bonington.

In the Domesday Book of the villages were recorded as "Sudtone" and "Bonitone". The two villages gradually grew together along the edge of the flood plain of the River Soar to make one long, narrow village, which by had come by the name of "Sutton Bonynton". Today it continues to be a linear village, with much of the 20th century housing built along and just off Park Lane, making the Sutton part now larger than the Bonington part.

Sutton Bonington Hall's gardens and parkland are set between the two original settlements and create a gap in the built-up area, and each part continues to have its own pub and parish church. The most recent significant development are houses built on the former rectory gardens near St Anne's Church, again enlarging the Sutton part. The total length of the village is now , not including the university campus. The Midland Railway was constructed through the parish in Sir Cecil Paget, a notable locomotive engineer and railway administrator, was born in Sutton Bonington and in succeeded his father Sir Ernest Paget, who was Chairman of the Midland Railway, — to become the 2nd Baronet Paget of Sutton Bonington.

He died in , without children the title thereby becoming extinct , and was buried in the family plot at Marlepit Hill cemetery. The Paget family were the main landowners in the parish for much of the 19th century, owning the two ancient manors of St Anne and St Michael. It was under the Pagets that the current St Anne's Manor house and parkland was built, in The university campus was originally the Midland Agricultural and Dairy College, which formed in the first decades of the 20th century.

The site was used as a prisoner of war camp during the First World War.