Editing Sutton Coldfield (section)

=== Anglo-Saxon establishment, c. 600–1135 ===
Upon the [[End of Roman rule in Britain|Roman withdrawal from Britain]] to protect the [[Roman Empire]] on the continent in the fifth century, the area of Sutton Coldfield, still undeveloped, passed into the [[Anglo Saxon]] kingdom of [[Mercia]]. It is during this period that it is believed Sutton Coldfield may have originated as a [[hamlet (place)|hamlet]], as a [[Hunting and shooting in the United Kingdom#Hunting lodge|hunting lodge]] was built at Maney Hill for the purpose of the Mercian leaders.<ref name="Bracken10">{{cite book|last=Bracken |first=L. |title=History of the forest and chase of Sutton Coldfield |year=1860 |publisher=Benjamin Hall|page=10}}</ref> The outline of the deer park that it served is still visible within Sutton Park, with the ditch and bank boundary forming the western boundary of Holly Hurst, then crossing Keepers Valley, through the Lower Nuthurst and continuing on south of Blackroot Pool. Due to the marshy ground at Blackroot Valley, a fence was probably constructed to contain the deer, and the ditch and bank boundary commence again on the eastern side, on towards Holly Knoll.<ref name="lhi" />

This became known as Southun or Sutton; "ton" meaning the town stead to the south of [[Tamworth, Staffordshire|Tamworth]], the capital of Mercia. [[Middleton, Warwickshire|Middleton]] is situated between the two. "Coldfield" denotes an area of land on the side of hill that is exposed to the weather.

Sutone, as the manor became known, was held by [[Edwin, Earl of Mercia]], during the reign of [[Edward the Confessor]]. Upon the death of Edwin in 1071, the manor and the rest of Mercia passed into the possession of the Crown, then ruled by [[William the Conqueror]], resulting in Sutton Chase becoming a [[royal forest]].<ref name="Salzman">{{cite book|last=Salzman |first=L. F. |title=A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 4: Hemlingford Hundred |year=1947 |publisher=Republished by British History Online |pages=230–245 |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42686 |access-date=13 September 2010|chapter=The borough of Sutton Coldfield }}</ref>

The manor of Sutone was mentioned in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086, where it was rated at eight [[Hide (unit)|hides]], making it larger than all surrounding villages in terms of cultivated land.<ref name="DargueSC">{{cite web|last=Dargue |first=William |title=Sutton/ Sutton Coldfield |url=http://billdargue.jimdo.com/placenames-gazetteer-a-to-y/places-s/sutton-coldfield/ |work=A History of Birmingham Places & Placenames . . . from A to Y |access-date=13 September 2010}}</ref>