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

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Sutton under the Sun 1797 Surv

Etymology

, Sutton under the Sun 1797Surv , v. sūð , tūn ; the affix refers to its sunny site .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name