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.

Sudbury

Early-attested site in the Parish of Eaton Socon

Historical Forms

  • Subberie 1086 DB
  • Sutburn 1185 P
  • Sutbir' 1236 FF
  • Suthbur' 1242 Fees867
  • Sudbyr' 1276 Ass
  • Sudbury 1315 Ipm

Etymology

v. suð , burh and cf. Sudbury (Sf).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement