SUTTON ST. NICHOLAS is a small parish and village situated ½ mile E. of the river Lugg, about 1 mile N.W. of the Hereford and Bromyard road, and l½ miles E.S.E. of Moreton station on the Shrewsbury and Hereford railway; is distant 4 miles N. by N.E. of Hereford, 10 S.S.E. of Leominster, and 10 S.W. of Bromyard; is in Broxash hundred, Hereford union, county court district, polling district, and petty sessional division. The population in 1861 was 251; in 1871, 260; inhabited houses, 55; families or separate occupiers, 59; area of parish, 721 acres; annual rateable value, £1,410. Mrs. Evans, of Moreton court, who is lady of the manor, Joseph Carless, Esq., Edward Brace, Esq., Mrs. Jancey, Mrs. Maddy, and Mrs. Newman, are the principal landowners. The soil is loamy and gravelly; subsoil, marl; chief produce, wheat, beans, hops, fruit, &c. Sutton St. Nicholas is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of Weston; living, a rectory; value, £193, with residence and 19 acres of glebe; patrons, the representatives of the late J. M'Gillicuddy, Esq.; rector, Rev. George Henry Johnstone, B.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge, who was instituted in 1847. The Rev. D.A.F. Saunders, of King's College, London, is the curate in sole charge. The church of St. Nicholas is a stone edifice, with nave, chancel, south transept (commonly called the ladye chapel), north porch, and substantial square tower containing four bells. The charities belonging to the parish amount to £7 yearly, and are distributed in money and coals. A new school, to accommodate 100 children, was erected in 1874. The Wesleyan chapel, though situate in the village of Sutton, is in the parish of Marden. Sutton Court is the residence of Mrs. Bradney.