Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Suletune 1086 DB

• Suleton' 1200 Cur 1255 RH

• Soleton 1271-2 Ass 1284-5 FA

• Sulton' 1271-2,91-2 Ass

• Sulton 1431 FA 1470,84 Cl 1703,18 PR(L)

• Solton' 1334 SR

• Sowton 1577 Saxton 1695 Morden

• Soughton 1672 HTR

• Soulton 1677 PR(L)

Etymology

Like Selattyn, this name is a compound of tūn with sulh 'plough', perhaps 'gully'. Evidence for the gen.pl. is slighter in the Soulton forms, and the base may have been *sul (h ) – tūn .Immediately to the east of Soulton Hall the stream called Soulton Brook runs in a gully which is a notable event in this hummocky, but generally flat, terrain. Soulton is a township of Wem.