SUTTON, a parish in the liberties of the borough
of SHREWSBURY, county of SALOP, 2 miles (S. S. E.)
from Shrewsbury, containing 71 inhabitants. The living
is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of. Salop,
and diocese of Hereford, rated in the king's books
at £3,endowed with £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage
of Lord Berwick. The church is dedicated to
St. John. Sutton Spa, a fine mineral spring issuing
from a stratum of ash-coloured clay, close to the village,
is nearly similar in its properties to sea water, and has
been found efficacious in cases of scrofula.