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

Early-attested site in the Parish of Shere with Gomshall

Historical Forms

  • Sudtone 1086 DB
  • Sudton(a) t.Stephen Ch 1318
  • Sutton t.Ed4 Ct
  • Sutton al. Holehurst al. Holehurst at Downe 1595 Recov

Etymology

Sutton is Sudtone 1086 DB, Sudton (a )t. Stephen (1318) Ch, Sutton t. Ed 4Ct , Sutton al. Holehurst al. Holehurst at Downe 1595Recov . 'South farm,' v. tun . South with reference to Paddington infra 260 to the north. It later formed a part of the manor of Holdhurst in Cranleigh supra 230, this part being called Holdhurst at Downe to distinguish it from Holdhurst in the Weald (VCH iii, 116).