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.

Sowton Barton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Dunsford

Historical Forms

  • Suthton 1244 Ass
  • Sutheton 1277 Ass 1292 Ipm
  • Southeton 1276 Ipm 1381 Exon
  • Suthinton 1277 Ipm
  • Soudthton 1286 SR

Etymology

'South farm,' v. tun .