Little Sutton, Cheshire

infobox UK place
country= England
official_name= Little Sutton
map_type= Cheshire
latitude= 53.285
longitude= -2.94
population=
shire_district= Ellesmere Port and Neston
shire_county= Cheshire
region= North West England
constituency_westminster= Ellesmere Port and Neston
post_town= ELLESMERE PORT
postcode_district= CH66
postcode_area= CH
dial_code= 0151
os_grid_reference= SJ372769

Little Sutton is a village on the Wirral Peninsula, Cheshire, England, located between Childer Thornton and Great Sutton. It is a suburb of the town of Ellesmere Port and part of the borough of Ellesmere Port and Neston.

Formerly a township in the parish of Eastham in the Wirral Hundred, Little Sutton became part of Ellesmere Port civil parish in 1950. The population was 166 in 1801, 432 in 1851 and 1,109 in 1901. [citeweb|url=http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/chs/littlesutton.html|title=Cheshire Towns & Parishes: Little Sutton|work=GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy|accessdate=3 April|accessyear=2008]

Little Sutton is mostly residential and sits either side of the A41 road, linking Birkenhead and Chester. Little Sutton railway station is situated on the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network. The 'Old Red Lion' public house, which was rebuilt in 1934 to replace a much older building, is located near the junction of Chester Road (A41) and Station Road (B5463).

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