Sutton Scotney
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Sutton Scotney is a small village north of Winchester in England.
It is in the county of Hampshire alongside the River Dever and is now bypassed by the A34 trunk road. It is notable for having been the site of numerous Spitfire crashes in the Second World War.
It has a population of more than 200, and had a watercress-based economy. Its best-known resident was J. Arthur Rank who took the name of the village as part of his title when he was ennobled.
Sutton Scotney is served by the excellent Portways local shop, the Scotney Salon, and the local service station. The village pub, the Coach & Horses, dates back to 1762. This lovely pub was recently refurbished and converted the former thatched village Fire station into comfortable bed and breakfast rooms. Oddly. for a relatively small village, there are two firms of land agents in Sutton Scotney, one of which is the leading regional firm BCM Bays Curry McCowen.
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