Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Magna Sutton 1278 ChFor

• Sutton Magna 1539–47 Dugd

• Great Sutton 1361 BPR 1560 ChRR 1579 Dugd

• Sutton Maior 1398 Add 1535 VE

• Much(e) Sutton 1539–47,1546 Dugd

• Moche Sutton 1553 Pat

• Homsutton 1288 ChFor

• Neerer Sutton 1669 Sheaf

Etymology

'the big(ger) hamlet of Sutton', v. grēat , magna , maior , micel . The prefix Hom - is ME  home (OE  hām) 'near home', distinguishing the part of Sutton which contained the major settlement from 'Hall -' or Little Sutton 195infra , cf. Christleton 107supra , The Grange Wo 297.