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

Early-attested site in the Parish of Over & Whitegate

Historical Forms

  • Sutton 1277 Dugd 1467 MinAcct 1531 ChRR 1629 Orm2
  • Sutton Grange 1724 NotCestr

Etymology

Sutton (lost), Sutton 1277 Dugdet freq to 1467MinAcct , 1531 ChRR, 1629 Orm2, Sutton Grange 1724 NotCestr, cf. Sutton Felde m16AOMB 397, Sutton Field 1845TA , cf. also 184infra , 'south farm', v. sūð , tūn . Sutton, a grange of Vale Royal, was partly in Over and partly in Marton 182infra . Sutton Field is at 110–634690.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site