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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 under Whitestone Cliffe

Major Settlement in the Parish of Felixkirk

Historical Forms

  • Sudtune, Sudtone 1086 DB
  • Sutton subtus Whitstanclif 13 BylE

Etymology

Sutton is in the extreme south of this parish. v. Whitestone Cliffe infra .