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.

Sunt Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Shipley

Historical Forms

  • Smuts 1464 SAC40,119
  • Sont, Sount 1521 SAC41
  • Sounthouse, Sunts 1538–48 SAC40,124–5
  • Sunt 1636 SAC60,55

Etymology

Sunt Fm (6″) may be the Smuts (? sic for Sunts ) of 1464 (SAC 40, 119). It is Sont , Sount in 1521 (SAC 41) and Sounthouse , Sunts in 1538–48 (SAC 40, 124–5), Sunt in 1636 (SAC 60, 55).On this word, v. Sompting infra 201 and Addenda xlvi.