Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• at suttune, of suttune 932 ShaftR(S419) 15

• Sudtone 1086 DB

• Sutton(e) 1212 Fees 1220 Cur 1235–6,1242–3 Fees 1262 Ipm

• Sutton(e) Walerand 1297 Cl, Pat

• Sutton(e) Walrond(e) 1314 Ipm 1451 Pat

• Sutton(e) Walraund 1318 Ipm

• Sutton(e) Walrand(e) 1369,1405 Cl

• Sutton(e) Walround 1424 ADII

• Sutton(e) Warlonde (sic) 1425 Cl

• Sutton(e) Wallerond 1428 FA

• Sutton(e) Walron 1545 Hutch3

• Sutton(e) Waldron 1664 HTax

• Sotton(e) 1285,1303 FA

• Sotton' Walrond' 1431 Wim 15

Etymology

'South farm', from sūð and tūn , 'south' perhaps in relation to Fontmell Magna par., cf. the note added to the bounds of the Anglo-Saxon estate of Fontmell Magna in 932 (15) ShaftR (S 419): and at suttune ligð XXIIII akeres meade þat hirð in to funtmel . The manorial affix is from Waleran (venator 'the huntsman') who held this manor as tenant-in-chief in 1086 DB (VCHDo 396) or from his descendants, cf. Walter Walerand , Walerant who is mentioned in connection with this place in 1210–12 RBE, 1212 Fees, cf. Hutch3 4107, Eyton 65.