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.

Sutton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Norton

Historical Forms

  • Sudton(e) 1086 DB
  • Sutton(a), Suttuna 1121–37 YCh456 12th Malton 13th Kirkham 1207 FF

Etymology

Sutton is Sudton (e )1086 DB, Sutton (a ), Suttuna 1121–37 YCh 456, 12thMalton , 13thKirkham , 1207 FF et passim . 'South farm,' v. Norton supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement