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 Sutton

Historical Forms

  • Sudtone 1086 DB
  • Sutton(e) 1086 DB
  • Sotton 1284,1316 FA 1337 Fine
  • Sutton juxta Bicleswade 1311 BM
  • Soutton 1315,1317 Ipm
  • Sutton Latymer 1380 Cl

Etymology

'South farm' in relation to Potton.

Places in the same Parish

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