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, Suttune 1086 DB
  • Sutton(e) 1185 RotDom 1199 P 1199 Cur 1209,1257,1269 Ass 1254–75 Val 1275 RH 1302to1428 FA 1307to1375 Ipm 1363 Seld 1379 FF 1392 Pat

Etymology

'Southern village', probably in relation to Stalham, which it adjoins on the south. v. sūð , tūn .