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.

Sustead

Major Settlement in the Parish of Sustead

Historical Forms

  • Surstede, Sutstede 1086 DB
  • Suthsted(e) 1101–7 Holme 1224 Cur 1250,1286 Ass 1252to1336 FF 1254–75 Val 1275 RH 1280 Bodl 1316 FA 1330 SR 1374,1379 BM
  • Susted(e) 1254–75 Val 1257,1286 Ass 1364etfreqto1471 FF 1409 BM 1450 Past
  • Sudstede 1269 Ass
  • Sutstede 1291 Tax

Etymology

OE  sūð 'southern' and stede (v. Sandred 1963: 185).