{{Short description|Village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}} {{Use British English|date=November 2014}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | coordinates = {{coord|53.989306|-0.862806|display=inline,title}} | label_position = top | official_name = Full Sutton | static_image = Full Sutton.jpg | static_image_caption = Full Sutton | population = 997 | population_ref = <ref>Census, 2021 | https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/yorkshireandthehumber/admin/east_riding_of_yorkshire/E04000397__full_sutton/</ref> | civil_parish = Full Sutton | unitary_england = East Riding of Yorkshire | region = Yorkshire and the Humber | lieutenancy_england = East Riding of Yorkshire | constituency_westminster = Bridlington and The Wolds | post_town = YORK | postcode_district = YO41 | postcode_area = YO | dial_code = 01759 | os_grid_reference = SE746554 | london_distance_mi = 175<!-- straight line per MOS – constant and comparable with other place distances --> | london_direction = S }} '''Full Sutton''' is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately {{Convert|2|mi|km|0|abbr=off}} east of the village of Stamford Bridge. The population according to the 2021 United Kingdom census was 997, a decrease from a figure of 1,072 in 2011. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Full Sutton (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/yorkshireandthehumber/admin/east_riding_of_yorkshire/E04000397__full_sutton/ |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}</ref>

Located at Full Sutton is a high security prison, HMP Full Sutton.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk/prisoninformation/locateaprison/prison.asp?id=380,15,2,15,380,0 |title=Full Sutton |publisher=HM Prison Service |access-date=4 February 2013 |archive-date=10 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610180101/http://www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk/prisoninformation/locateaprison/prison.asp?id=380,15,2,15,380,0 }}</ref>

Full Sutton is also home to a former air force station, RAF Full Sutton.<ref name="RAF Full Sutton">{{cite web|url=http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/s57.html|title=Bomber Command Full Sutton|date=6 April 2005|work=Royal Air Force Bomber Command 60th Anniversary|publisher=Royal Air Force|access-date=15 January 2010}}</ref> Opened in 1944, the station operated as a bomber airfield during the Second World War. It would later be used to maintain a number of Thor missiles in readiness as part of the UK deterrent force, before finally closing in April 1963.<ref name="RAF Full Sutton" /> During 1958 the BRSCC organised four races on the airfield's runways and perimeter roads (Full Sutton Circuit). Full Sutton is now used as a general aviation airfield, with its own training facilities for the aspiring pilot.

The place was recorded in the ''Domesday Book'' as ''Sudtone'', meaning "south settlement". The prefix, first recorded in the 13th century, means "dirty", from the Old English ''fūl''.<ref>{{cite book | contribution = Sutton | year = 2010 | title = The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names | editor-last = Watts | editor-first = Victor | publisher = Cambridge University Press |isbn=978 0 521 16855 7 }}</ref>

==Governance== The parish has a joint parish council with Skirpenbeck, known as the Parish Council of Full Sutton and Skirpenbeck.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fspc.org.uk/|title=Full Sutton and Skirpenbeck Villages|publisher=the Parish Council of Full Sutton and Skirpenbeck|access-date=14 October 2019}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}} {{Refbegin}} *{{cite book|title=Gazetteer – A&ndash;Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets|year=2006|publisher=East Riding of Yorkshire Council|page=6<!--|access-date=5 February 2011-->}} {{Refend}}

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