Sutton Courtenay
Major Settlement in the Parish of Sutton Courtenay
Historical Forms
- Suthtun c.870 BCS873 c.1240
- Suðtune c.895 c.1200 ib
- Suðtun 983 KCD1280 c.1240 1042 c.1200 ib
- Suttun 1000 KCD1294 c.1240
- Sudton(e), Suttone 1086 DB
- Suthtun' 1156 P
- Suttun' 1157 ib
- Suttone Curteney 1284 Ass
- Sutton Curtenay 1294 Pat
- Sottone Courtenay 1377 Ipm
Etymology
'South farm', v. sūð , tūn , a very common name, probably referring in this instance to the position of the place in relation to Abingdon.The Abingdon Chronicle (1, 23, 27) states that the Abbey gave 100 hides here to King Cenwulf of Mercia in the early 9th cent. Reynold de Courtenay obtained the manor in the late 12th cent, and is mentioned in connection with it c. 1180 (Abingdon 11, 238).