Kelly's Directory recorded that in 1885 the area of the parish was , in which were grown wheat, barley and turnips, that Sausthorpe's population at the time of the 1881 census was 141, and that within the parish were a grocer, wheelwright, carrier, two farmers, a farmer-cum-beer retailer, and a farmer-surveyor.Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull 1885, p. 611.
kelly's directory recorded that in 1885 the area of the parish was  in which were grown wheat barley and turnips that sausthorpe's population at the time of the 1881 census was 141 and that within the parish were a grocer wheelwright carrier two farmers a farmer-cum-beer retailer and a farmer-surveyorkelly's directory of lincolnshire with the port of hull 1885 p 611