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 Veny

Major Settlement in the Parish of Sutton Veny

Historical Forms

  • Sudtone, Sutone 1086 DB
  • Suttone juxta Bysshopestrowe 1412 FA
  • Magna Suttuna 12th AD
  • Magna Suttuna Michel 1365 Cl
  • Fennisutton 1268 Ass
  • Fenny Sutton 1291 FF
  • Fennyesottone 1294 Ipm
  • Fenne Sutton 1297 Pat
  • Fennisoutton 1304 Sarum
  • Fenneysutton 1325 FF
  • Litel Sutton 1365 Cl
  • Veny Sutton 1535 VE
  • Vennye Sutton 1632 FF

Etymology

'South farm,' v. tun . South in relation to Norton Bavant supra . Fenny from its marshy situation. For Ven (n )y , v. Introd. xxi.