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 Howgrave

Major Settlement in the Parish of Kirklington

Historical Forms

  • on Suþtune c.1000 LVD43d
  • Sud(t)one 1086 DB
  • Sutton 1157 RichReg
  • Sutton Rugemond 1280 YI
  • Sutton Hougrave 1285 KI

Etymology

'South farm' v. suð , tun . It is to the south of Howgrave 220supra , and Ralph de Rougemond held one-third of a fee here in 1280 YI.

Places in the same Parish