Sutton Waldron
Major Settlement in the Parish of Sutton Waldron
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.