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.

Hutton Soil

Major Settlement in the Parish of Hutton Soil

Historical Forms

  • Hutton Soylle 1578 PR(Greystoke)
  • Soill 1580 Border
  • Soyle 1685 CW(OS)i

Etymology

v. hōh , tūn and cf. Hutton-in-the-Forest supra 208. Who or what Soylle may have been remains a problem.