1881 UK Census recorded the population as 1,070. The 2001 UK Census recorded the population as 773, of which 51.5% were male and 48.5% were female in 361 dwellings. Amenities Economy The area is still largely agricultural. The village has a public house and a pub/restaurant. There are two caravan parks on the outskirts of the village. Both located near the Green Park Business Centre on Goose Lane. The Green Park Business Centre houses small to medium size enterprises as does the various industrialist units on Carr Lane. The village is served by the bus route between York and Easingwold. Education Sutton-on-the-Forest CE Primary School is located on Main Street and is within the catchment area of Easingwold School for secondary education. Religion The church in the village is dedicated to All Hallows and was completely rebuilt in 1877 on the site of the original 13th-century building. It is a Grade II Listed building. A Wesleyan Chapel was built in the village in 1864. The Primitive Methodists also built a chapel in the village in 1861. Both are no longer in use. Notable people Laurence Sterne – vicar of Sutton-on-the-Forest (1734–1768), author of Tristram Shandy written whilst living in the village William Charles Harland – City of Durham MP (1832–1841), resident at Sutton Hall Arthur Duncombe Esq. – Howdenshire MP (1885–1892), resident at Sutton Hall Katherine Downes, (born 1982), BBC TV presenter, was married in All Hallows' Church in the village Landmarks Sutton Park Sutton Park is a grade I listed building built of mellow brick by Thomas Atkinson. The house contains 18th-century furniture and paintings mostly from Buckingham House (now Buckingham Palace), and a collection of porcelain. There is also plaster work by Giuseppe Cortese. The house is an example of early Georgian architecture overlooking landscaped parkland. Each year the village celebrates its countryside heritage in the Huby and Sutton Show in Sutton Park. References External links Villages in North Yorkshire Civil parishes in North Yorkshire