 Mentioned in the "Domesday Book" as part of the parish of Eastham in the Wirral Hundred, 
Great Sutton became part of Ellesmere Port civil parish in 1950.The population was 153 in 1801, 203 in 1851 and 397 in 1901.Great Sutton is a residential area in close proximity to the A41 road that links Birkenhead and Chester.