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

  • Sudtone 1086 DB
  • Suttuna, Suttona 1086 InqEl
  • Suttun(e) 1170 LibEl
  • Sutton(e) 1246 FF
  • Sutton(e) in Heyland, Sutton(e) iuxta Ely, Sutton(e) iuxta Hadenham 1285 Ass
  • Sutton(e) infra insulam Eliens' 1302 ElyCh
  • Sutton(e) cum Mephale 1327 SR
  • Sutton(e) in the Ilande 1367 FF
  • Golden Sutton(e) 1599 ChancP
  • Sutton(e) in the Isle 1609 SewersD

Etymology

'South farm,' v. tūn . In the south of the Isle of Ely. For Golden cf. Guilden Morden supra 61. Heyland is for eyland , i.e. 'island.'