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Survey of English Place-Names

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Sutton In The Elms

Major Settlement in the Parish of Broughton Astley

Historical Forms

  • Sutone, Svton(e) 1086 DB
  • Sutton 1220 MHW 1241 Abbr
  • Sutton iuxta Brocton 1303 Pat
  • Sutton iuxta Brouhton 1308 Misc
  • Sutton iuxta Broughton Asteley 1430 Peake 1445 Cl
  • Sutton in the Elms 1835 O 1932 Kelly

Etymology

'The south farmstead or village', v. sūð , tūn . The affix ~ in the Elms is recent.