English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Sutton in Ashfield

Major Settlement in the Parish of Sutton in Ashfield

Historical Forms

  • Sutone 1086 DB
  • Sutton 1213 Wollaton
  • Sutton in Essefeld 1276 RH
  • Sutton in Asfeud 1280 Ass
  • Sutton in Assefeld 1287 Ipm
  • Sutton Asshefeld 1305 Ipm
  • Sutton super Asshefeld 1316 FA
  • Sutton in Esshfeld 1322 Orig

Etymology

'South farm,' v. suþ , tun . It lies just south of Skegby. For Ashfield , v. supra 12.