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

Major Settlement in the Parish of Sutton

Historical Forms

  • Suttuna(m), Suttunā 1086 DB
  • Great Suttun 1239 FF
  • Sutton(e) 1219 1222 StP
  • Sutton(e) Magna, Sutton(e) Parva 1248 Ass 1306 Londin
  • Sottoune 1294 Ipm
  • Suthtona 1181 StP

Etymology

'South tun.' South in relation to Apton Hall. Great as opposed to Little Sutton, now Temple Farm infra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name