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

  • suðtun 948 BCS871 c.1200
  • Sutton(a) 1189 Ch 1332

Etymology

'South farm,' v. suð , tun . South with reference to Upton to the north.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site