History
	Sutton-in-Craven Parish is located five miles south-east of Skipton. It is one of the most southerly parishes in Craven, bordering the county of West Yorkshire.
	Sitting in a cleft of the Pennines, the village is surrounded on three sides by hills which rise sharply to around one thousand feet. Falling from these hills is Sutton Beck, which runs through the village into Holme Beck, eventually joining the River Aire near Kildwick.
	Sutton is part of the ancient parish of Kildwick, which consisted of the townships of Kildwick,Silsden, Steeton, Farnhill, Holden, Estburne (Eastburn), Bradley, Cowling, Cononley, Glusburn and Sutton in Airedale as it was originally called.
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	The settlement grew during the industrial revolution to become a typical example of a South Pennines mill village. Sutton, with addition of part of Glusburn, was constituted an ecclesiastical district in 1869.
	At Earl Crag, high above the village, are two man-made structures (The Pinnacles) which dominate the skyline. These "salt and pepper pots" as they are known locally are both within Sutton parish, one mile apart.
	Sutton Pinnacle / Lund's Tower is nearest Sutton. The site was chosen by James Lund of nearby Malsis Hall as the site for the construction of a monument, possibly to commemorate the Golden Jubilee od Queen Victoria in 1887. He built a single tower containing a spiral staircase which has become popularly known as Sutton Pinnacle.
	Wainman's Tower / Cowling Pinnacle is nearest Cowling, an older tapering solid structure. There are a number of possible suggestions as to its existence - a memorial to Lady Amcott's husband, who died in the Civil War; erected by Richard Wainman to mark the defeat of Napoleon at the battle of Waterloo in 1815; or a memorial to his son, who died in the Napoleonic War. This tower was rebuilt in 1900.
	Sutton Hall - a magnificent Victorian Gothic building, was demolished in the 1940s. All that remains is an imposing stone archway, "The East Lodge", The Lodge, West Lane, bridges and stables converted to a residence.