Recent Events
In August 1998 the large mock-Tudor mansion Lady Place, former home of nutritionist Hugh Macdonald Sinclair, was destroyed when fire ripped through the building.
On 09 November 2002 Nathan Monaghan (aged 12) drowned when he fell into one of the weirs in Sutton pools while fishing with Joseph McKenzie (also 12).
On 30 January 2008 there was an explosion and fire at Sutton Courtenay Tyres and petrol station, which led to about 100 nearby houses being evacuated for fears that acetylene cylinders might explode.
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