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	\| metropolitan_borough = [[Birmingham]]		\| metropolitan_borough = [[Birmingham]]
	\| metropolitan_county = [[West Midlands (county)\|West Midlands]]		\| metropolitan_county = [[West Midlands (county)\|West Midlands]]
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	\| parts_type = Areas of the town		\| parts_type = Areas of the town
	\| p1 = [[Bassetts Pole]] (Village) (Part)		\| p1 = [[Bassetts Pole]] (Village) (Part)
	\| p2 = [[Boldmere]]		\| p2 = [[Boldmere]]
	\| p3 = [[Doe Bank]]		\| p3 = Doe Bank
	\| p4 = [[Driffold]]		\| p4 = [[Driffold]]
	\| p5 = [[Falcon Lodge]]		\| p5 = [[Falcon Lodge]]
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	[[File:New Hall.jpg\|thumb\|New Hall, Sutton Coldfield]]		[[File:New Hall.jpg\|thumb\|New Hall, Sutton Coldfield]]
	[[File:Sutton town centre.jpg\|thumb\|Sutton Coldfield Town Centre, Gracechurch Shopping Centre]][[File:Sutton Coldfield Town Hall.jpg\|thumb\|[[Sutton Coldfield Town Hall]]]]'''~~Sutton Coldfield''' or the '''Royal Town of~~ Sutton Coldfield''' ({{IPAc-en\|ˌ\|s\|ʌ\|t\|n̩\|_\|ˈ\|k\|ɒ\|l\|d\|f\|i\|l̩\|d}} {{Audio\|en-uk-SuttonColdfield.ogg\|pronunciation}}),<ref name=Observer>{{cite web \|url=http://www.suttoncoldfieldobserver.co.uk/Andrew-Mitchell-confirms-Parliament-Sutton/story-21227561-detail/story.html#b1jGqIhJ8WIPj1sC.01 \|title=Sutton Royal Status Confirmed \|publisher=suttoncoldfieldobserver.co.uk \|date=12 June 2014 \|access-date=12 June 2014 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140711014628/http://www.suttoncoldfieldobserver.co.uk/Andrew-Mitchell-confirms-Parliament-Sutton/story-21227561-detail/story.html#b1jGqIhJ8WIPj1sC.01 \|archive-date=11 July 2014 \|url-status=dead \|df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name=Reaffirmed>{{cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-27818680 \|title=Sutton Coldfield's royal status is reaffirmed \|work=[[BBC News]] \|date=12 June 2014}}</ref> is a town and [[civil parish]] in the city of [[Birmingham]], [[West Midlands County\|West Midlands]], England. The town lies around 8 miles northeast of [[Birmingham city centre]], 9 miles south of [[Lichfield]], 7 miles southwest of [[Tamworth, Staffordshire\|Tamworth]], and 7 miles east of [[Walsall]].		[[File:Sutton town centre.jpg\|thumb\|Sutton Coldfield Town Centre, Gracechurch Shopping Centre]][[File:Sutton Coldfield Town Hall.jpg\|thumb\|[[Sutton Coldfield Town Hall]]]]'''Sutton Coldfield''' ({{IPAc-en\|ˌ\|s\|ʌ\|t\|n̩\|_\|ˈ\|k\|oʊ\|l\|d\|f\|iː\|l\|d}} {{respell\|SUT\|ən\|_\|KOHLD\|feeld}} {{Audio\|en-uk-SuttonColdfield.ogg\|pronunciation}}),<ref name=Observer>{{cite web \|url=http://www.suttoncoldfieldobserver.co.uk/Andrew-Mitchell-confirms-Parliament-Sutton/story-21227561-detail/story.html#b1jGqIhJ8WIPj1sC.01 \|title=Sutton Royal Status Confirmed \|publisher=suttoncoldfieldobserver.co.uk \|date=12 June 2014 \|access-date=12 June 2014 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140711014628/http://www.suttoncoldfieldobserver.co.uk/Andrew-Mitchell-confirms-Parliament-Sutton/story-21227561-detail/story.html#b1jGqIhJ8WIPj1sC.01 \|archive-date=11 July 2014 \|url-status=dead \|df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name=Reaffirmed>{{cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-27818680 \|title=Sutton Coldfield's royal status is reaffirmed \|work=[[BBC News]] \|date=12 June 2014}}</ref> is a town and [[civil parish]] in the city of [[Birmingham]], [[West Midlands County\|West Midlands]], England. The town lies around 8 miles northeast of [[Birmingham city centre]], 9 miles south of [[Lichfield]], 7 miles southwest of [[Tamworth, Staffordshire\|Tamworth]], and 7 miles east of [[Walsall]].

	Sutton Coldfield and its surrounding suburbs are governed under [[Birmingham City Council]] for [[local government]] purposes but the town has its own [[Parish councils in England\|town council]] which governs the town and its surrounding areas by running local services and electing a mayor to the council. It is in the [[Historic counties of England\|historic county]] of [[Warwickshire]], and in 1974 it became part of Birmingham and the [[West Midlands County\|West Midlands]] metropolitan county under the [[Local Government Act 1972]].		Sutton Coldfield and its surrounding suburbs are governed under [[Birmingham City Council]] for [[local government]] purposes but the town has its own [[Parish councils in England\|town council]] which governs the town and its surrounding areas by running local services and electing a mayor to the council. It is in the [[Historic counties of England\|historic county]] of [[Warwickshire]], and in 1974 it became part of Birmingham and the [[West Midlands County\|West Midlands]] metropolitan county under the [[Local Government Act 1972]].
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	The town is mentioned in Shakespeare's [[Henry IV, Part 1]], Act 4, scene 2. Falstaff, "on a public road near Coventry", who is leading a band of conscripted men on the way to what will be the [[Battle of Shrewsbury]], tells Bardolph of his determination to march from Coventry to Sutton that evening:		The town is mentioned in Shakespeare's [[Henry IV, Part 1]], Act 4, scene 2. Falstaff, "on a public road near Coventry", who is leading a band of conscripted men on the way to what will be the [[Battle of Shrewsbury]], tells Bardolph of his determination to march from Coventry to Sutton that evening:

	:''Falstaff'': Bardolph, get thee before to Coventry; fill me a bottle of sack: our soldiers shall march through: ~~we’ll~~ to Sutton-~~Co’fil’~~ to-night.		:''Falstaff'': Bardolph, get thee before to Coventry; fill me a bottle of sack: our soldiers shall march through: we'll to Sutton-Co'fil' to-night.

	[[Kitty Aldridge]]'s 2001 novel, ''Pop'', is based in the town during the 1970s.		[[Kitty Aldridge]]'s 2001 novel, ''Pop'', is based in the town during the 1970s.
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	*[[Henry Homer the elder]] (1719–1791), clergyman and writer on topics related to economic development<ref>{{cite DNB\|wstitle= Homer, Henry (1719-1791) \|volume= 27 \|last= Cooper \|first= Thompson \|author-link= Thompson Cooper \|page= 240 \|year= 1891 \| short=1}}</ref>		*[[Henry Homer the elder]] (1719–1791), clergyman and writer on topics related to economic development<ref>{{cite DNB\|wstitle= Homer, Henry (1719-1791) \|volume= 27 \|last= Cooper \|first= Thompson \|author-link= Thompson Cooper \|page= 240 \|year= 1891 \| short=1}}</ref>
	*[[John Benjamin Stone]] (1838–1914), four-time local Mayor		*[[John Benjamin Stone]] (1838–1914), four-time local Mayor
	*[[Francis Chavasse]] (1846–1928), member of the [[Chavasse family]] became [[Bishop of Liverpool]], founder of [[St Peter's ~~College, Oxford~~]]		*[[Francis Chavasse]] (1846–1928), member of the [[Chavasse family]] became [[Bishop of Liverpool]], founder of [[St Peter's Hall]], Oxford
	*[[Noel Godfrey Chavasse]] VC & Bar, ~~MC (1884–1917), medical doctor, Olympic athlete, British Army officer and [[Victoria Cross]] recipient~~
	*[[Christopher Chavasse]] OBE, MC, TD (1884–1962), became [[Bishop of Rochester]]
	*[[Arnold Waters\|Sir Arnold Waters]] VC, CBE, DSO, MC (1886–1981), engineer and soldier; awarded the [[Victoria Cross]]		*[[Arnold Waters\|Sir Arnold Waters]] VC, CBE, DSO, MC (1886–1981), engineer and soldier; awarded the [[Victoria Cross]]
	*[[Alan Jerrard]] (1897–1968), aviator, grew up locally, awarded the [[Victoria Cross]]		*[[Alan Jerrard]] (1897–1968), aviator, grew up locally, awarded the [[Victoria Cross]]

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	[[File:John Benjamin Stone.jpg\|thumb\|140px\|caricature of [[John Benjamin Stone]] in Vanity Fair, 1902]]		[[File:John Benjamin Stone.jpg\|thumb\|140px\|caricature of [[John Benjamin Stone]] in Vanity Fair, 1902]]
	[[File:Official portrait of Andrew Mitchell MP crop 2, 2024.jpg\|thumb\|140px\|Official portrait of [[Andrew Mitchell]] MP, 2024]]		[[File:Official portrait of Andrew Mitchell MP crop 2, 2024.jpg\|thumb\|140px\|Official portrait of [[Andrew Mitchell]] MP, 2024]]
	*[[Henry Homer the elder]] (1719–1791), clergyman and writer on topics related to economic development.<ref>{{cite DNB\|wstitle= Homer, Henry (1719-1791) \|volume= 27 \|last= Cooper \|first= Thompson \|author-link= Thompson Cooper \|page= 240 \|year= 1891 \| short=1}}</ref>		*[[Henry Homer the elder]] (1719–1791), clergyman and writer on topics related to economic development<ref>{{cite DNB\|wstitle= Homer, Henry (1719-1791) \|volume= 27 \|last= Cooper \|first= Thompson \|author-link= Thompson Cooper \|page= 240 \|year= 1891 \| short=1}}</ref>
	*[[John Benjamin Stone]] (1838–1914), four-time local Mayor		*[[John Benjamin Stone]] (1838–1914), four-time local Mayor
	*[[Francis Chavasse]] (1846–1928), member of the [[Chavasse family]] became [[Bishop of Liverpool]], founder of [[St Peter's College, Oxford]]		*[[Francis Chavasse]] (1846–1928), member of the [[Chavasse family]] became [[Bishop of Liverpool]], founder of [[St Peter's College, Oxford]]
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	*[[Ben Adams (police commissioner)\|Ben Adams]] (born 1965), elected as the current [[Staffordshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner]] since 2021.		*[[Ben Adams (police commissioner)\|Ben Adams]] (born 1965), elected as the current [[Staffordshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner]] since 2021.
	*[[Stella Creasy]] (born 1977), politician, Labour MP for [[Walthamstow (UK Parliament constituency)\|Walthamstow]] since 2010		*[[Stella Creasy]] (born 1977), politician, Labour MP for [[Walthamstow (UK Parliament constituency)\|Walthamstow]] since 2010
	~~==== and ====~~
	*[[John Cannan]] (1954–2024), murderer, died in prison

	=== The Arts ===		=== The Arts ===
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	*[[Daniel Powell (judoka)\|Daniel Powell]] (born 1997), judoka; gold medallist at the [[2022 Commonwealth Games]].		*[[Daniel Powell (judoka)\|Daniel Powell]] (born 1997), judoka; gold medallist at the [[2022 Commonwealth Games]].
	*[[Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson]] (born 2003), footballer, played over 120 games and 35 for [[Iceland national football team\|Iceland]]		*[[Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson]] (born 2003), footballer, played over 120 games and 35 for [[Iceland national football team\|Iceland]]
			===Crime===
			*[[John Cannan]] (1954–2024), murderer, died in prison

	== See also ==		== See also ==

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