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.

Great Sutton & Little Sutton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Eastham

Historical Forms

  • Sudtone 1086 DBf.263
  • Suttona 1096–1101(1280),1150 Chest
  • Sutthona 1096–1101 1280 17 ib
  • Sutton 1181–1232 Chest e13 Pat 1300 Court 1260 ChFor 1286
  • the bayliwik of Sutton 1539–47 Dugd
  • Sutton in Wyrehalle 1539–47 ib
  • Sotton 1272,1278,1292–1308 Chest

Etymology

'South farm', v. sūð , tūn . Cf. Great Sutton supra , Little Sutton 195infra . The Suttons are south of Eastham.