Mentioned in Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1919 :-

"The Jolly Bacchus hotel, surrounded with gardens and tennis lawns, has public dining and billiard rooms, and offers facilities for the entertainment of school parties and friendly societies"

Also

"Omnibus from the Jolly Bacchus hotel meets all trains at Sutton-on-Sea station daily"

Sutton on Sea is often considered the ‘posh’ neighbour of Mablethorpe but for years the two resorts competed for the holiday trade on equal terms.

The rail service brought thousands of day trippers and weekly boarders. The attractions of Sutton were simple: bracing air, clean sandy beaches and simple entertainments.

undated postcard

Advert appearing in Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1896.

"Overlooking the German Ocean"

North Sea known as the German Ocean prior to World War 1.

Sutton On Sea Brick Kiln, (TF 504 808), is very similar to the kilns at Baumber and Farlesthorpe except for the absence of lean-to firing sheds.

(These lightweight structures have been removed in this kiln, though their bases remain.)

Bricks were produced here from about 1860 until the 1930s. This reflects the growth of Sutton as a seaside resort over this period, especially after the railway arrived.

Ken Redmore, 2006

A common problem in brickyards was the flooding of the pits from which brick-making clay was being excavated. In many instances a simple wind pump was erected for the removal of water from the pit.

This painting by Karl Wood is dated 1933, i.e. very shortly after the brickworks ceased operate. It is surprising to see the pump apparently in such poor repair.

This drawing by Peter Dolman shows the simple wind pump which operated at Sutton. There was no fantail mechanism to face the sail into the wind automatically.

The tower was constructed in brick and was about 12 feet high. Some brickyard windpumps in the Barton area had a lattice timber structure supporting the pump.

Sutton on Sea (originally Sutton le Marsh) was a popular bathing place, with accommodation for visitors, as early as the eighteenth century.

Despite the large increase in trippers brought by the tramway from Alford and the train via the Willoughby-Mablethorpe loop, Sutton remained relatively quiet.

Shelters, like these modern concrete shells near the sea front, allow visitors to sit quietly and enjoy the sea air.

Stated on the associated plaque :-

"This pillar is all that remains of the original sea defences and promenade (built in the 1880's at a cost of £350) which were destroyed in East Coast floods of January 31st 1953" 

DB 29 March 2019

The Wesleyan Methodists opened this chapel in a prominent position on Station Road, at the junction with Alford Road, in May 1910.

September 2018

The principal attraction of Sutton-on-Sea has always been its clean and spacious sands. This postcard, posted in the 1920s, shows the North Sands

Kingway 'Real Photo' Series

The core of Sutton on Sea: a bathing beach and a short promenade.

There was little or no entertainment laid on for the Edwardians at the time of this photograph.

undated postcard

This church, the replacement for a medieval one lost to the sea, was built in 1819. The chancel was added in 1860.

Peter Kirk Collection, 2002

This quiet and undistinguished street is now the relatively busy A52 which links Skegness and the small seaside places through to Mablethorpe.

The modest villas lining the road were built between 1890 and 1920.

undated postcard

"Unveiled on amistice day 1920 by Maj. James Henry Hadfield of Alford"

"Although undamaged by the Flood of 1953 it was removed from its original location at the top of the sea wall and moved to its present position when the public gardens were rebuilt"

https://www.lincstothepast.com/Sutton-on-Sea-and-Trusthorpe/1581252.record?pt=S 

DB 29 March 2019

The great storm surge of Jan 1953 scoured sand from the beach and exposed these regular lagoons in which sea water was evaporated to provide salt.

This aerial view looks towards the village centre.

David Robinson Collection