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 Barton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Widworthy

Historical Forms

Sutuna 1086 DB

Sutton 1219 FF

Sutton juxta Colyton 1296 Ass

Sotton Lucy 1363 IpmR

Etymology

'South farm,' v. tun .It lies south of Widworthy. Galfridus de Lucy held the manor in 1285 (FA).

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Widworthy