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 Brotherton

Historical Forms

  • Suðtun c.1030 YCh7
  • Sutton(a), Suttun' 12 Nost22d 1193 P 1226 FF 1246 Ass4 1817 M
  • Sutton in Elmett 1535 FF

Etymology

Sutton, Suðtun c. 1030 YCh 7, Sutton (a ), Suttun '12Nost 22d, 1193 P, 1226 FF, 1246Ass 4et passim to 1817 M, Sutton in Elmett 1535 FF.'South farmstead', v. sūð , tūn , and for the affix v. Elmet 1supra .It is in the south of the township.