Sutton-on-the-Hill is a parish in south Derbyshire, eight miles (13 km) west of Derby.

Now it has no shop or post office and limited public transport links.

There is a priest and a church and one mill rendering 10 shillings and twenty four acres of meadow.

"The parish of Sutton on the Hill used to contain the settlements of Ash, Osleston and Thurvaston.

The manor had at one time been owned by the Blue Coat Hospital and Library in Manchester as it was bought as part of charity set up in the will of Humphrey Chetham.