Heritage Open Day: This lovely old school in which the Museum is housed was originally a National Church of England School for Sutton and Stoneferry and was built in 1859 and closed in 1977. About 20 years later it opened as a museum and educational centre for the villages of Sutton and Wawne.
Entirely run by a team of willing volunteers it is now regarded as one of the best history centres in the area.
Sources available include the school admission registers dating back to 1876 and a vast selection of indexed photos and slide collections dating from the 1890s, which are just two of the valuable sources available for people researching their family history, which is now a core part of our work.
Once again a selection of St.