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 Campsall

Historical Forms

  • Sutone 1086 DB
  • Sutton(a) 1170–80 YCh1554–5 1336 FF 1402 FA 1658 WillS
  • Sutton(a) neer Owston 1666 Test

Etymology

'South farm-stead', v. sūð , tūn , from its position in the south of the parish in contrast to Norton 49supra .