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| With an elevation of over 600ft on its south west
boundary Long Sutton sits upon the downs above the Valley of the
Wey. This little haven has picturesque brick and timbered cottages
and a Tudor farmhouse. Lord Wandsworth College which is a Neo-georgian
building built in 1915 and founded as a boarding school for
boys who have only one parent. The parish church is dedicated to All Saints and has three yew trees standing like sentries in the churchyard and there is also a Sarsen stone. It has not changed all that much from the day it was built in the 13th century. There is a small wooden tower on the roof which is shelters three old bells supported on four wooden posts inside the nave and inside is a nine feet long plain wooden chest that is said to be over 600 years old and a wooden bier used to carry the dead before the Reformation. There were also three sarsen stones found in the bank of the road between the south west corner of the churchyard and the village pond which had to be moved further back when the road was widened, and are said to mark the Harrow Way.
When a new house were being dug near the centre of the village a perforated hour glass of quartz doelrite was discovered and in Sheephouse Copse a bell barrow in good condition and a bowl barrow that was gutted and severely damaged by quarrying were also discovered. The Old Schoolhouse in The Street was converted to three cottages with timber framed brick infilling and an old tiled roof. It has rectangular chimneys with offset heads.
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