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 on Hull

Major Settlement in the Parish of Sutton on Hull

Historical Forms

  • Sudton(e) 1086 DB 1196 FF 1206 Cur
  • Sutone 1086 DB
  • Sutune iuxta Hul 1172 Meaux
  • Suttun(a), Sutton(a) 1150–67 YCh 1531 Test
  • Suttun(a) in Holdern' 1269 Ebor
  • Suttun(a) in Holdernes, Suttun(a) in Holderness 1280 1481 NCWills
  • Sutthon(e) 13th YD c.1280 StoweCh

Etymology

'South farm,' v. suð , tun .