Sudbury
Major Settlement in the Parish of Sudbury
Historical Forms
- Sudberie 1086 DB
- Sudbery 1330 Ass
- Suberia c.1141 Tutbury
- Sudburia 1178 P
- Sudbur', Sudbury 1252 FF 1281 WollCh 1291 Tax 1294 AddCh 1298 Ipm 1318 WollCh
- Suddebury 1350 Cor
- Sudbyr(y) 1252 FF 1323 Ipm
- Sutbur' 1287 WollCh
Etymology
'South fortification', v. sūð , burh (dat.sg. byrig ); cf. Norbury supra 591.