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 Tenbury

Historical Forms

  • Sutton 1212 Fees140
  • Sutton Sturmy 1405 IpmR

Etymology

'South' farm, presumably in relation to Tenbury itself.Distinguished as Sutton Sturmy from the family of that name, who held 1½ fees here in 1212.