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

Major Settlement in the Parish of Kildwick

Historical Forms

  • Sutun 1086 DB
  • Sutton 1184 YChvii 1202 FF 1285 KI c.1510 Star
  • Sutton in Ayrdale 1305 YI

Etymology

'South farmstead', v. sūð , tūn , so called because it lies in the south of Kildwick parish.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name