[5] All parishes within the hundred of Wilford, including Sutton, according to this information had families working primarily in agriculture.

[9] Notable people buried in the churchyard include: There is also a small Baptist church, called the Chapel, located on Main Road, which was founded in 1813.

[10] In 1954 a Memorial Hall was built to commemorate all the soldiers from Sutton who fought in the Second World War.

The hall was built by local people; both men and women participated in plastering the walls, donating electric heaters and buying curtains.

Nearby there are tourist attractions such as the Sutton Hoo burial site, Rendlesham Forest and the River Deben.

The bowls club have received a lottery grant to refurbish their hut for their closing tournament in September 2014.

Archaeologist Basil Brown, working for the property owner discovered the Anglo-Saxon Burial at Sutton Hoo in 1940.

[19] The burial site is now owned by the National Trust and is a major tourist attraction with facilities such as a café, parking and a gift shop.

[20] Sutton Hall is a Georgian country house with surrounding estates to the south of the village, formerly the home of Sir Guy Quilter.

The area was chosen because of its flat terrain and because it was sparsely populated, and thus suitable for building the runways the base required.