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Suffolk place-names: elements and personal namesThis is a summary automatically derived on 2015-07-05 17:50 from my own database Suffolk_place-names-1.0/yaml/etymologies.yaml by my own python script Suffolk_place-names_course_materials-0.1/get_parish_list_00.py. Prefixes to elements and personal names have these meanings: ?=existence or correctness doubtful; *=existence conjectural (a standard notation); +=existence of personal name evidenced only by other place-names (this is my own notation). Acton: *Āca n tūn ‘*Āca's farm’Akenham: *Āca n hām ‘*Āca's farm’ Aldeburgh: ald burh ‘old town’ Alderton: alor tūn ‘alder farm’ Aldham: ald hām ‘old farm’ Aldringham: *Aldhere ingas a hām ‘*Aldhere's peoples' farm’ Alnesbourn: Alnōþ es burna ‘Alnōþ's stream’ Alpheton: Ælfflǣd e tūn ‘Ælfflǣd's farm’ Ampton: *Amma n tūn ‘*Amma's farm’ Ashbocking: æsc Bocking ‘Ash-tree (later of the Bocking family)’ Ashby: æsc bȳ ‘ash farm’ Ashe (Campsea Ashe): æsc ‘ash-tree’ Great Ashfield: æsc feld ‘ash open land’ Aspall: æspe halh ‘aspen nook’ Assington: Asa n tūn ‘Asa's peoples' farm’ Athelington: æðeling tūn ‘farm of the princes’ Bacton: Bacca tūn ‘Bacca's farm’ Badingham: *Bēada ingas a hām ‘*Bēada's peoples' farm’ Badley: Badda n lēah ‘Badda's clearing’ Badwell Ash: Bada n welle æsc ‘ash-tree at Bada's stream’ Ballingdon: *bealg dūn ‘rounded hill’ Bardwell: Bearda n welle ‘Bearda's stream’ Barham: beorg hām ‘hill farmstead’ Barking: *Berica n ingas ‘*Berica's people’ Barnardiston: Beornheard es tūn ‘Beornheard's farm’ Barnby: barn bȳ ‘child's farm’ Barnham: Beorn hām ‘Beorn's farm’ Barningham: Beorn ingas a hām ‘Beorn's peoples' farm’ Barrow: bearu ‘grove, small wood’ Barsham: Bār es hām ‘Bār's farm’ Great Barton: bere tūn ‘barley farm’ Barton Mills: bere tūn ‘barley farm’ Battisford: *Bætti es ford ‘*Bætti's ford’ Bawdsey: Baldhere es ēg ‘Baldhere's island’ Baylham: *bēgel hām ‘farm in the river-bend’ Great Bealings: bēl ingas ‘people of the beacon’ Beccles: bæce lǣs ‘meadow by the stream’ Bedfield: *Bēada n feld ‘*Bēada's open land’ Bedingfield: *Bēada ingas a feld ‘*Bēada's peoples' open land’ Belstead: bēl stede ‘beacon place’ Belton: *bel1 tūn ‘farm on fen island’ Benacre: bēan æcer ‘bean field’ Benhall: bēanen halh ‘nook or valley growing with beans’ Bentley: beonet lēah ‘bent-grass clearing’ Beyton: *Bēaga n tūn ‘*Bēaga's farm’ Bildeston: Bildr es tūn ‘Bildr's farm’ Bing (Pettistree): *Bǣga ingas ‘(the place of) *Bǣga's people’ Great Blakenham: Blaca n hām ‘Blaca's farm’ Little Blakenham: Blaca n hām ‘Blaca's farm’ Blaxhall: Blæc es halh ‘Blæc's nook’ Blundeston: *Blunt es tūn ‘*Blunt's farm’ Blyford: Blyth ford ‘ford on the River Blyth’ Blythburgh: Blyth burh ‘settlement on the River Blyth’ Botesdale: Bōtwulf es dæl ‘Bōtwulf's valley’ Boulge: bulge ‘bag-shaped piece of land’ Boxford: box ford ‘box-bush ford’ Boxted: box stede ‘box-bush place’ Boyton: *boia n tūn ‘farm of the servant’ Bradfield: brād feld ‘broad open land’ Bradley: brād lēah ‘broad clearing’ Bradwell: brād welle ‘broad stream’ Braiseworth: *Brīosa n worð ‘*Brīosa's enclosure’ Bramfield: brōm feld ‘broom-covered open land’ Bramford: brōm ford ‘broom ford’ Brampton: brōm tūn ‘broom farm’ Brandeston: *Brant es tūn ‘Brant's farm’ Brandon: brōm dūn ‘broom hill’ Brantham: *Branta n hām ‘*Branta's farm’ Bredfield: brǣdu feld ‘open land by the broad strip’ Brent Eleigh: brend *Illa n lēah ‘*Illa's clearing (burnt portion)’ Brettenham: *Bretta n hām ‘*Bretta's farm’ Great Bricett: *Brīosa n gesett ‘Brīosa's fold’ Little Bricett: *Brīosa n gesett ‘Brīosa's fold’ Brightwell: berht welle ‘bright stream’ Brockley: brōc lēah ‘brook clearing’ Brome: brōm ‘(place growing with) broom’ Bromeswell: brōm swelle ‘broom hill’ Browston (Belton): *Brocc es tūn ‘*Brocc's farm’ Bruisyard: gebūr geard ‘farmer's yard’ Brundish: burna edisc ‘stream pasture’ Bucklesham: *Buccel es hām ‘Buccel's farm’ Bungay: *būging ēg ‘island in the bend’ Bures: būr ‘dwellings’ Burgate: burhgeat ‘gate to a stronghold’ Burgh: burh ‘fortified site’ Burgh Castle: burh castel ‘(Roman) fortified site’ Burstall: burh stall ‘fortified-site place’ Bury St Edmunds: burh ‘borough’ Butley: *Butta n lēah ‘*Butta's clearing’ Buxhall: *Bucc es halh ‘*Bucc's nook’ Buxlow: *Bucc es hlāw ‘Bucc's mound’ Campsea (Campsea Ashe): camp ēg ‘island of the field’ Capel St Andrew: capel1 ‘chapel’ Capel St Mary: capel1 ‘chapel’ Carlton: karl a tūn ‘the churls' farm’ Carlton Colville: karl a tūn ‘the churls' farm’ Cavendish: Cāfa n edisc ‘Cāfa's pasture’ Cavenham: Cāfa n hām ‘Cāfa's farm’ Charsfield: *cearr feld ‘open land at the road-bend’ Chattisham: *Ceatt es hām ‘Ceatt's farm’ Chedburgh: *Cedda n beorg ‘*Cedda's hill’ Chediston: Cedd es stān ‘Cedd's stone’ Chelmondiston: Cēolmund es tūn ‘Cēolmund's farm’ Chelsworth: Ceorl es worð ‘Ceorl's enclosure’ Chevington: Ceofa n tūn ‘Ceofa's farm’ Chillesford: cisel ford ‘gravel ford’ Chilton: cild tūn ‘child farm’ Clare: clāra ‘clear (stream)’ Claydon: clǣgig dūn ‘clayey hill’ Clopton: *clopp tūn ‘hill farm’ Clopton Green (Wickhambrook): *clopp tūn ‘hill farm’ Cockfield: *Cohha n feld ‘*Cohha's open land’ Coddenham: *Codda n hām ‘*Codda's farm’ Combs: camb ‘(ridge shaped as) combs’ Coney Weston: konungr es tūn ‘the king's farm’ Cookley: *Cuca n lēah ‘*Cuca's clearing’ Copdock: *coppod āc ‘copped oak’ Corton: Kāri a tūn ‘Kāri's farm’ Cotton: *Codda n tūn ‘*Codda's farm’ Covehithe: cofa hȳð ‘cove landing-place’ Cowlinge: *Cūl ingas ‘the place of *Cūl's people’ Cransford: cran ford ‘crane's ford’ Cratfield: *Crǣta n feld ‘*Crǣta's open land’ Creeting St Mary: *Crǣta ingas ‘place of *Crǣta's people’ Creeting St Peter: *Crǣta ingas ‘place of *Crǣta's people’ Cretingham: Grēotingas a hām ‘farm of the Grēotingas’ Crowfield: croh feld ‘saffron (crocus) open land’ Culford: *Cūla n ford ‘*Cula's ford’ Culpho: Culf hōh ‘Culf's hill-spur’ Dalham: dæl hām ‘valley farm’ Dallinghoo: Dealla ing1 a hōh ‘The hill-spur of the Dallings’ Darmsden: Dēormōd es dūn ‘Dēormōd's hill’ Darsham: Dēor es hām ‘Dēor's farm’ Debach: dēop bæce ‘deep stream’ Debenham: dēop hām ‘?deep farm’ Dennington: *Denegifu e tūn ‘*Denegifu's farm’ Denston: Deneheard es tūn ‘Deneheard's farm’ Depden: dēop denu ‘deep valley’ Drinkstone: Dreng es tūn ‘Dreng's farm’ Dunwich: ? wīc ‘(uncertain) trading port’ Earl Soham: *sā hām ‘lake farm (of the Earls of Norfolk)’ East Bergholt: ēst berc holt ‘east birch-wood’ Easton: ēast tūn ‘east farm’ Easton Bavents: ēast tūn ‘east farm (later of the Bavent family)’ Edwardstone: Ēadwēard es tūn ‘Ēadwēard's farm’ Elmsett: elm sǣte ‘settlers by the elms’ Elmswell: *elmen swelle ‘elm-grown hill’ Elveden: elfetu denu ‘swan valley’ Eriswell: *Here es welle ‘*Here's stream’ Erwarton: *Eoforweard es tūn ‘*Eoforweard's farm’ Euston: Efe es tūn ‘Efe's farm’ Exning: *Gyxa n ingas ‘the place of *Gyxa's people’ Eye: ēg ‘island (dative)’ Eyke: eik ‘oak-tree’ Fakenham Magna: *Facca n hām ‘*Facca's farm’ Falkenham: *Falta n hām ‘*Falta's farm’ Farnham: fearn hām ‘fern farm’ Felixstowe: *Fīlic stōw ‘holy place of *Fīlic/Felix’ Felsham: *Fǣle s hām ‘*Fǣle's farm’ Little Finborough: fīna beorg ‘woodpecker hill’ Great Finborough: fīna beorg ‘woodpecker hill’ Finningham: *Fīna ingas a hām ‘the farm of *Fīna's people’ Flempton: Fleming a tūn ‘farm of the Flemings’ Flixton (Mutford and Lothing): Flik es tūn ‘Flik's farm’ Flixton (Wangford): Flik es tūn ‘Flik's farm’ Flowton: Flōki a tūn ‘Flōki's farm’ Fornham All Saints: forne hām ‘?trout farm’ Fornham St Genevieve: forne hām ‘?trout farm’ Fornham St Martin: forne hām ‘?trout farm’ Foxhall: fox hol ‘fox hole’ Framlingham: *Framela ingas a hām ‘the farm of *Framela's people’ Framsden: *Fram es denu ‘*Fram's valley’ Freckenham: *Freca n hām ‘*Freca's farm’ Fressingfield: *fyrsen feld ‘furze-covered open land’ Freston: Fresna tūn ‘The Frisians' farm’ Friston: Fresa tūn ‘The Frisians' farm’ Fritton: *friþu tūn ‘enclosed farm’ Frostenden: frox a denu ‘frogs' valley’ Gapton (Belton): gappe tūn ‘farm at the gap (river mouth)’ Gazeley: *Gǣg es lēah ‘*Gǣg's clearing’ Gedding: *Gydda ingas ‘the place of *Gydda's people’ Gedgrave: gāt grāf ‘goats' grove’ Gipping: *Gyppa ingas ‘the place of *Gyppa's people’ Gisleham: *Gys(e)la n hām ‘*Gys(e)la's farm’ Gislingham: *Gys(e)la ingas a hām ‘*Gys(e)la's peoples' farm’ Great Glemham: glēam hām ‘?happy farm’ Little Glemham: glēam hām ‘?happy farm’ Glemsford: glēam ford ‘?gleam ford’ Gorleston: ? es tūn ‘?s farm’ Gosbeck: ēast tūn gōs beck ‘east farm, goose stream’ Gromford (Snape): ? ford ‘(uncertain) ford’ Groton: *grēoten ‘(uncertain)’ Grundisburgh: grund es burh ‘the part of Burgh in the valley bottom’ Gulpher (Walton): goupilliere ‘fox earth’ Gunton: Gunni a tūn ‘Gunni's farm’ Hacheston: Hæcci es tūn ‘Hæcci's farm’ Hadleigh: hǣð lēah ‘heath clearing’ Halesworth: *Hæl(l)e s worð ‘*Hæle's (or Hælle's) enclosure’ Hardwick: heord wīc ‘herd farm’ Hargrave: hār grāf ‘grey grove’ Harkstead: Hereca n stede ‘Hereca's place’ Harleston: Heoruwulf es tūn ‘Heoruwulf's farm’ Hartest: heorot hyrst ‘hart (stag) wood’ Hasketon: *Haseca n tūn ‘*Haseca's farm’ Haughley: haga2 lēah ‘haw wood’ Haverhill: *hæfera hyll ‘oat hill’ Hawkedon: hafoc dūn ‘hawks' hill’ Hawstead: *haldstede ‘animal shelter place’ Helmingham: *Helm ingas a hām ‘farm of Helm's people’ Hemingstone: Hemming es tūn ‘Hemming's farm’ Hemley: *Helma n lēah ‘*Helma's clearing’ Hengrave: hem a grēðe ‘Grassland of the boundaries’ Henham: hēah hām ‘high farm’ Henley: hēah lēah ‘high clearing’ Henstead: henn stede ‘hen place’ Hepworth: *Heppa n worð ‘*Heppa's enclosure’ Herringfleet: *Herela n flēot ‘Herela's stream’ Herringswell: Hyrningas welle ‘stream of the ?*Hyrnings’ Hessett: hecg gesett ‘hedge fold’ Heveningham: Hefa ingas a hām ‘farm of Hefa's people’ Higham: hēah hām ‘high farm’ Hinderclay: Hildric es lēah ‘Hildric's clearing’ Hintlesham: *Hyntel es hām ‘*Hyntel's farm’ Hitcham: hecc hām ‘hatch farm’ Holbrook: hol brōc ‘brook in the hollow’ Hollesley: *Hōl es lēah ‘*Hōl clearing’ Holton St Mary: *Hōla n tūn ‘*Hōla's farm’ Holton St Peter: *Hōla n tūn ‘*Hōla's farm’ Homersfield: Hūnbeorht es feld ‘Hūnbeorht's farm’ Honington: Hūn(a) ingas a tūn ‘Hūn(a)'s peoples' farm’ Hoo: hōh ‘hill-spur’ Hopton: hop tūn ‘farm at the fen-enclosure’ Hopton-on-Sea: hop tūn ‘farm at the fen-enclosure’ Horham: horu hām ‘dirty farm’ Horningsheath: *horning erð ‘field at the bend’ Hoxne: ? ‘(uncertain)’ Hundon: Hūna n denu ‘Hūna's valley’ Hunston: hunter tūn ‘hunter's farm’ Huntingfield: Hunta ingas a feld ‘open land of Hunta's people’ Icklingham: *Yccel ingas a hām ‘*Yccel's peoples' farm’ Ickworth: *Ic(c)a n worð ‘*Ic(c)a's enclosure’ Iken: *Ic(c)a n hōh ‘*Ic(c)a's hill-spur’ Ilketshall: *Ylfketil es halh ‘*Ylfketil's nook’ Ingham: Ing hām ‘Ing farm’ Ipswich: *Gippe es wīc ‘*Gippe's (or Gip's) trading port’ Ixworth: *Gicsa n worð ‘*Gicsa's enclosure’ Ixworth Thorpe: *Gicsa n worð þorp ‘outlying farm belonging to Ixworth’ Kedington: *Cyd(d)a n tūn ‘Cyd(d)a's farm’ Kelsale: *Cylli es halh ‘*Cylli's nook’ Kentford: Kennett ford ‘ford of the River Kennett’ Kenton: *Cēna n tūn ‘*Cēna's farm’ Kersey: cærse ēg ‘cress island’ Kesgrave: cærse grāf ‘cress ditch’ Kessingland: *Cyssi land ‘the land of *Cyssi's people’ Kettlebaston: Cytelbeorn es tūn ‘Cytelbeorn's farm’ Kettleburgh: Ketil beorg ‘Ketil's hill’ Kirkley: kirkja lēah ‘church clearing’ Kirton: kirkja tūn ‘church farm’ Knettishall: gnætt halh ‘gnat nook’ Knodishall: *Cnott es halh ‘*Cnott's nook’ Lackford: lacu ford ‘stream ford’ Lakenheath: *Lāca n hȳð ‘the hythe of *Lāca's people’ Langham: lang hām ‘long farm’ Lavenham: Lāfa n hām ‘Lāfa's farm’ Lawshall: hlāw *gesell ‘shelter at a mound’ Laxfield: *Leaxa n feld ‘*Leaxa's open land’ Layham: *hlīeg hām ‘(uncertain) farm’ Leavenheath: Lēofa n hege ‘Lēofa's enclosure (and heath)?’ Leiston: lēg es tūn ‘beacon's farm’ Letheringham: *Lēodhere ingas a hām ‘the farm of *Lēodhere's people’ Levington: Lēofa n tūn ‘Lēofa's farm’ Lidgate: hlidgeat ‘swing gate’ Lindsey: *Lelli es ēg ‘*Lelli's island’ Linstead: līn stede ‘flax place’ Great Livermere: *lifermere ‘lake with sticky mud’ Little Livermere: *lifermere ‘lake with sticky mud’ Long Melford: myln ford ‘mill ford’ Lound: lundr ‘grove’ Lowestoft: Hloðvér es toft ‘Hloðvér's homestead’ Market Weston: west tūn ‘west farm’ Marlesford: mǣrels ford ‘mooring-place ford’ Martlesham: mǣrels hām ‘mooring-place farm’ Mellis: myln es ‘mills’ Mells: myln es ‘mills’ Melton: mael tūn ‘(uncertain) farm’ Mendham: *Mynda n hām ‘*Mynda's farm’ Mendlesham: *Myndel es hām ‘*Myndel's farm’ Metfield: mēd feld ‘open meadow land’ Mettingham: *Metti ingas a hām ‘*Metti's peoples' farm’ Mickfield: micel feld ‘large piece of open land’ Middleton: middel tūn ‘middle farm’ Milden: melde ingas ‘place characterized by orach’ Mildenhall: Milda n halh ‘Milda's nook’ Monewden: *Munda ingas inga denu ‘the valley of *Munda's people’ Monk Soham: *sā hām ‘lake farm (of the monks of Bury St Edmunds)’ Monks Eleigh: *Illa n lēah ‘*Illa's clearing (monks' portion)’ Moulton: *Mūla n tūn ‘*Mūla's farm’ Mutford: gemot ford ‘moot ford’ Nacton: Hnaki a tūn ‘Hnaki's farm’ Naughton: *Nagli a tūn ‘*Nagli's farm’ Nayland: ēg land ‘island’ Nedging: *Hnydda ing1 ‘place of the followers of *Hnydda’ Needham Market: nēod hām market ‘needy farmstead (later with a market)’ Nettlestead: netel stede ‘nettle place’ Newbourne: níu brunnr ‘nine springs’ Newmarket: neue market ‘new market’ Newton: nīwe tūn ‘new farm’ North Cove: norð cofa ‘north cove’ Norton: norð tūn ‘north farm’ Nowton: nīwe tūn ‘new farm’ Nurstead (Polstead): hnutu stede ‘nut place’ Oakley: āc lēah ‘oak wood’ Occold: āc holt ‘oak wood’ Offton: Offa n tūn ‘Offa's farm’ Old Newton: nīwe tūn ‘(old) new farm’ Onehouse: ān hūs ‘single house’ Orford: ōra1 ford ‘shore ford’ Otley: *Otta n lēah ‘*Otta's clearing’ Oulton: Āli a tūn ‘Āli's farm’ Ousden: ūf denu ‘owl's valley’ Pakefield: *Pagga n feld ‘*Pagga's open land’ Pakenham: *Pacca n hām ‘*Pacca's farm’ Palgrave: pāl grāf ‘grove of the poles’ Parham: peru hām ‘pear-tree farmstead’ Peasenhall: peosu halh ‘nook or valley growing with peas’ Pettaugh: *Pēota n haga1 ‘*Pēota's enclosure’ Pettistree: Peter es trēow ‘Peter's tree’ Playford: plēg ford ‘play ford’ Polstead: pōl1 stede ‘pool place’ Poslingford: *Posel ingas a worð ‘enclosure of the *Poslingas’ Preston St Mary: prēost a tūn ‘priests' farm’ Ramsholt: ramm holt ‘ram's wood’ Rattlesden: Rathill denu ‘valley of the place called `rat-hill'’ Raydon: ryge dūn ‘rye hill’ Rede: *rēod ‘clearing in woodland’ Redgrave: hrēod græf ‘reed ditch’ Redisham: *Rēad es hām ‘*Rēad's farm’ Redlingfield: Rǣdel ingas a feld ‘open land of the people of Rǣdel’ Rendham: *rȳmed hām ‘?cleared farmstead’ Rendlesham: *Rendel es hām ‘*Rendel's farm’ Reydon: ryge dūn ‘rye hill’ Rickinghall Inferior: *Rīca ingas a halh ‘nook of *Rīca's people’ Rickinghall Superior: *Rīca ingas a halh ‘nook of *Rīca's people’ Ringsfield: *Hring es feld ‘*Hring's open land’ Ringshall: hring *gesell ‘?shelters by a ring’ Risby: hrīs bȳ ‘brushwood farm’ Rishangles: hrīs hangra ‘brush-covered slope’ Rougham: rūh hām ‘rough farm’ Rumburgh: rūm1 burh ‘spacious fortification’ Rushbrooke: *rysce brōc ‘rush brook’ Rushmere: *rysce mere ‘rush mere’ Rushmere St Andrew: *rysce mere ‘rush mere’ Santon Downham: dūn hām ‘hill farm (near Santon)’ Sapiston: *sāper tūn ‘soaper's(?) farm’ Little Saxham: Seaxa n hām ‘Seaxa's farm’ Great Saxham: Seaxa n hām ‘Seaxa's farm’ Saxmundham: *Seaxmund hām ‘*Seaxmund's farm’ Saxtead: Seaxa n stede ‘Seaxa's place’ Semer: sǣ mere ‘lake-pool’ Shadingfield: scēad denu feld ‘boundary-valley open land’ Sharpstone (Barham): Skarfr es tūn ‘Skarf's farm’ Shelland: scelf land ‘open land on a shelf’ Shelley: scelf lēah ‘clearing on a shelf-like (shelving) piece of land’ Shimpling: *Scimpel ingas ‘the place of Scimpel's people’ Shipmeadow: scēp medwe ‘sheep meadow’ Shotley: *scēot lēah ‘clearing at the steep slope (or projecting piece of land?)’ Shottisham: *Sceot es hām ‘*Sceot's farm’ Sibton: Sibba n tūn ‘Sibba's farm’ Snape: *snæp ‘uncertain’ Somerleyton: Sumarliði a tūn ‘Sumarliði's farm’ Somersham: *Sumor es hām ‘*Sumor's farm’ Somerton: Sumarliði a tūn ‘Sumarliði's farm’ Sotherton: sūðerra tūn ‘more southerly farm’ Sotterley: ? lēah ‘(uncertain) clearing’ South Cove: sūð cofa ‘south cove’ South Elmham: elm hām ‘elm farm’ Southwold: sūð wald ‘south wood’ Spexhall: *speht es halh ‘woodpecker's nook’ Sproughton: Sprow tūn ‘Sprow's farm’ Stanningfield: *stānen feld ‘stony open land’ Stansfield: Stān es feld ‘Stān's open land’ Stanstead: stān stede ‘stony place’ Stanton: stān tūn ‘stone farm’ Staverton (Butley): *stæfer tūn ‘post (or stake) farm’ Sternfield: *Sterne s feld ‘*Sterne's open land’ Stoke Ash: stoc æsc ‘holy place (at the ash-tree)’ Stoke-by-Clare: stoc ‘holy place’ Stoke-by-Nayland: stoc ‘holy place’ Stonham Aspal: stān hām ‘stony farm (of the Aspal(l) family)’ Stoven: stofn ‘tree-stump’ Stowlangtoft: stōw ‘(holy?) place of the Langtoft family’ Stowmarket: stōw market ‘meeting place (later with a market)’ Stowupland: stōw ‘the higher part of Stow’ Stradbroke: strǣt brōc ‘stream on the Roman road’ Stradishall: strǣt *gesell ‘street shelter’ Stratford St Andrew: strǣt ford ‘ford on a Roman road’ Stratford St Mary: strǣt ford ‘ford on a Roman road’ Stuston: *Stūt es tūn ‘*Stūt's farm’ Stutton: *stūt2 tūn ‘hillock farm’ Sudbourne: sūð burna ‘south stream’ Sudbury: sūð burh ‘south town’ Sutton: sūð tūn ‘south farm’ Swefling: *Swiftel ingas ‘place of *Swiftel's people’ Swilland: swīn land ‘pig land’ Syleham: sylu hām ‘bog farm’ Tannington: Tata ingas a tūn ‘Tata's peoples' farm’ Tattingstone: *Tating es tūn ‘*Tating's farm’ Theberton: Thēodbeorht tūn ‘Thēod\-beorht's farm’ Thelnetham: elfetu hām ‘(uncertain) farm’ Thorington: þorn tūn ‘thorn farm’ Thorndon: þorn dūn ‘thorn hill’ Thornham Magna: þorn hām ‘thorn farm’ Thornham Parva: þorn hām ‘thorn farm’ Thorpe Morieux: þorp ‘outlying farm (later of the Morieux family)’ Thrandeston: *Thrānd es tūn ‘*Thrānd's farm’ Little Thurlow: *þride hlāw ‘assembly hill’ Great Thurlow: *þride hlāw ‘assembly hill’ Thurston: ƿūr es tūn ‘Thur's farm’ Thwaite: þveit ‘clearing’ Timworth: *Tima n worð ‘Tima's enclosure’ Tostock: tōt stoc ‘look-out place’ Trimley: *Trymma n lēah ‘*Trymma's clearing’ Troston: *Trōsting es tūn ‘*Trōsting's farm’ Tunstall: tūnstall ‘Site of a farmstead’ Ubbeston: Ubbi es tūn ‘Ubbi's farm’ Ufford: Uffa n worð ‘Uffa's enclosure’ Uggeshall: *Uggeca n halh ‘*Uggeca's nook’ Walberswick: Wealhberht es wīc ‘Wealhberht's trading port’ Little Waldingfield: wald ingas a feld ‘open land of the wood-people’ Great Waldingfield: wald ingas a feld ‘open land of the wood-people’ Waldringfield: Waldhere ingas a feld ‘The open land of Waldhere's people’ Walpole: walh pōl1 ‘pool of the Romano-British’ Walsham le Willows: Walh es hām ‘Walh's farm’ Walton: walh tūn ‘Farm of the Romano-British’ Wangford (Blything): wang ford ‘meadow ford’ Wangford (Lackford): wægn ford ‘wagon ford’ Wantisden: *Want es denu ‘*Want's valley’ Washbrook: wæsce brōc ‘brook used for washing’ Wattisfield: *Wæcel es feld ‘*Wæcel's open land’ Wattisham: *Wæcci es hām ‘*Wæcci's farm’ Great Welnetham: elfetu hām ‘(uncertain) farm’ Little Welnetham: elfetu hām ‘(uncertain) farm’ Little Wenham: *wynn hām ‘(uncertain) farm’ Great Wenham: *Wynna n hām ‘*Wynna's farm’ Wenhaston: *Wynhafoc es tūn ‘*Wynhafoc's farm’ West Stow: west stōw ‘west (holy?) place’ Westerfield: westerra feld ‘western field’ Westhall: west halh ‘west nook’ Westhorpe: west þorp ‘west outlying farm’ Westleton: Vestliði a tūn ‘Vestliði's farm’ Westley: west lēah ‘west clearing’ Weston: west tūn ‘west farm’ Wetherden: weðer denu ‘wether valley’ Wetheringsett: weðer ingas a gesett ‘the fold of the Wetherings’ Weybread: weg brǣdu ‘strip of land along the (Roman) way’ Whatfield: hwǣte feld ‘wheat land’ Whepstead: *hwip(pe) stede ‘place of brushwood?’ Wherstead: hwearf stede ‘wharf place’ Whitton: hwīt tūn ‘white farm’ Wickham Market: wīchām market ‘settlement at a Roman site (later with a market)’ Wickham Skeith: wīchām ‘settlement at a Roman site’ Wickhambrook: wīchām brōc ‘settlement at a Roman site near a brook’ Wilby: *wilig bēag ‘ring of willows’ Willingham: Willa ingas a hām ‘the farm of Willa's people’ Willisham: Wīglāf es hām ‘Wīglāf's farm’ Wingfield: Wiga ingas a feld ‘open land of Wiga's people’ Winston: Wine es tūn ‘Wine's farm’ Wissett: Witta n gesett ‘Witta's fold?’ Wissington: Wīgswīþ e tūn ‘Wīgswīþ's farm’ Withersfield: weðer feld ‘wether open land’ Witnesham: *Wittel es hām ‘*Wittel's farm’ Wixoe: Widuc es hōh ‘Widuc's hill-spur’ Woodbridge: wudu brycg ‘wooden bridge’ Woolpit: wulf pytt ‘wolf pit’ Woolverstone: Wulfhere es tūn ‘Wulfhere's farm’ Wordwell: Wride welle ‘Wride's stream’ Worlingham: *Wērel ingas a hām ‘The farm of *Wērel's people’ Worlington: Wridel ingas a tūn ‘The farm of the people of Wridel’ Worlingworth: Wilhere ingas a worð ‘The enclosure of Wilhere's people’ Wortham: worð hām ‘enclosure farm’ Great Wratting: wrǣtt ing1 ‘place characterized by wort’ Little Wratting: wrǣtt ing1 ‘place characterized by wort’ Wrentham: *Wrenta n hām ‘*Wrenta's farm’ Wyverstone: Wīgferþ es tūn ‘Wīgferþ's farm’ Yaxley: gēac lēah ‘cuckoo clearing’ Yoxford: geoc ford ‘yoke ford’ Suffolk place-name elements
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