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 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Dunsford