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.

Full Sutton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Full Sutton

Historical Forms

  • Sudtone 1086 DB
  • Suttune, Sutton(a) 1156–7 YCh354
  • Sotton' 1342 SR
  • Fulsutton 13th YD 1285 KI 1587 FF
  • Fulesutton 1234 Ebor
  • Foul(e)sutton 1285 KI 1310 Ch 1390 Meaux

Etymology

v. suð , tun . The prefix is ful 'foul, dirty.'

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site