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Staden

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kingsterndale

Historical Forms

  • Stafdon(a) 1101–8 RegLich a.1108 Dugd
  • Stavedon, Stau(e)don Hy3 For 1278 BelCh 1285 For 1412 FF
  • Stauudon 1332 Middleton
  • Stanedune, Stanedon(e) 1251 DbAv 1263 Ch 1278 FF 1339 DbAxi
  • Staneden 1230 P
  • Stadun, Stadon 1381 SR 1397,1457 FF
  • Staden 1535 Val 1577 Saxton 1582 Lanc
  • Stayden 1552 Portland
  • Steudon alias Staden 1559,1576 Portland

Etymology

'Hill marked by a staff or staves', v. stæf , dūn . Staden Low is the highest point in the area and perhaps the staff marked some boundary. The earliest forms show clearly that forms in -n - are errors of transcription. For the development cf. Stalybridge Ch.