Editing Sutton-in-Ashfield (section)

===[[Church of St Mary Magdalene, Sutton-in-Ashfield|Church of St Mary Magdalene]]===
This Anglican church, situated off Lammas Road and built in local stone, contains a few parts that date back to 1170. The tower and spire date from 1395.  However, much of the rest of the church was subject to re-building in the second half of the nineteenth century.  The church is a Grade II* listed building.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://southwellchurches.history.nottingham.ac.uk/sutton-in-ashfield-st-mary/hintro.php |title=St Mary History |publisher=Southwell & Nottingham Church History Project |access-date=2 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-410950-church-of-st-mary-magdalene-nottinghamsh |title=St Mary Listing |publisher=English Heritage |access-date=2 March 2015}}</ref>

By American searches, on 5 July 1607, Edward Fitzrandolph was baptised at St. Mary's Church Sutton, marrying Elizabeth Blossom in [[Scituate, Massachusetts]] - they are [[Barack Obama]]'s 10x great-grandparents.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/4948829/Rival-English-ancestral-home-claims-for-Barack-Obama.html |title=Rival English 'ancestral home' claims for Barack Obama |publisher=Daily Telegraph |date=6 March 2009 |access-date=12 October 2022}}</ref>