SUTTON (LONG), a parish in the hundred of SOMERTON,
county of SOMERSET, 2 miles (S. S.W.) from
Somerton, containing 856 inhabitants. The living is a
discharged vicarage, in the peculiar jurisdiction and patronage
of the Dean and Chapter of Wells, rated in the
king's books at £8. 18. The church is dedicated to the
Holy Trinity. The river Yeo, or Ivel, is navigable along
the southern boundary of the parish. Roman coins,
paterae, and other antiquities, have been found in the
neighbourhood.