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 Mandeville

Major Settlement in the Parish of Sutton Mandeville

Historical Forms

  • Sudtone 1086 DB
  • Sutton(a) 1224 Bracton
  • Sutton Maundeville 1278 FF
  • Sutton Maundvild 1535 VE
  • Sutton Mandfield 1561 FF
  • Sutton Manfylde 1571 SR
  • Sutton Manfille 1657 Sadler
  • Sutton Mandeville alias Manfeild 1675 Recov

Etymology

'South farm,' v. tun . Robert de Mandevilla held the manor in 1224 (Bracton). For Mandfield etc. cf. Spinfield (PN Bk 189) from (E )spineville .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site