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Sutton Coldfield is almofi: full South, of Litchfield,,. 
‘‘ at the difiance of about eight meafured miles, by 
which it undoubtedly got its name of Sutton, a con- 
“ tradlion of South Town. A remarkable bleak and 
‘‘ barren common, which lies diredtly Well of it, jufi 
out of the bounds of the parifli, might probably give 
it the additional denomination of Coldfield. The air 
Upon that heath, as travellers have declared, is as keen 
‘‘ and cold as that upon the Highlands of Scotland. The. 
parifli is nearly oval in its figure, the longefi diameter 
“ feven miles, and the breadth four. The face of it is- 
“ agreeably diverfified with gently rifing hills, and val- 
lies of tolerably fruitful meadows. It is bounded on 
“ the North by Shenfion, on the Wefi by Barr, on the 
‘‘ South by Curdworth and Afion near Birmingham, 
and on the Eafi by Middleton. It contains four ham- 
“ lets;, videlieet^ Mancy, Hill, Little Sutton, and Warm- 
ley. In the year 1630, there were 298 houfes in the 
parifii; in 1698 there were 310; in 1721 the num- 
‘‘ ber was increafid to 360; which is nearly about the 
number at prefent. I compute the inhabitants at 
1800. The regifter begins in the year 1603. The 
number of chriftenings for the firfi twenty years of 
the regifier was 645 ;. the burials during the fame pe- 
riodwere 501.^ The number of chrifienings for the 
lafi twenty years (ending at Chrifimas- 1761) was 
747; the burials 694r^^.” If the number of inhabi- 
(S^ Gent, Magazioe.for September 1762, p. 40.1, 
tants 
