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 Bassett

Major Settlement in the Parish of Sutton Bassett

Historical Forms

  • Sutone 1086 DB
  • Sutton 1185 RotDom
  • Sutton Basset 1309 Cl
  • Sutton juxta Dyngele 1317 Ass
  • Sutton by Weston upon Wylond 1394 Cl

Etymology

'South farm,' v. tun . It is south of Weston. Richard Basset held the manor in the 12th cent. (Survey).

Places in the same Parish

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