Stapleford Abbots and Stapleford Tawney
Major Settlement in the Parish of Stapleford Abbots and Tawney
Historical Forms
- Staplefordam, Staplefort 1086 DB
- Stafford 1231 P
- Stabelfoot 1749 ERxx
- Abbatis 1235 Ass
- Will' 1238 SR
- Magna 1252 Inqaqd
- Staplford Abbatis Sancti Edmundi 1254 FF
- Taenny 1254 Ass
- Tany 1255 ib
- Taweny c.1480 ECP
- Tuke quondam voc. Stapleford Abbottes t.Hy8 AOMB
- Tany (c. 1240 EAS xx, 156)
- Tuke (1545 LP)
Etymology
v. stapol , ford . As the Staplefords are on opposite sides of the Roding, the ford was presumably that at Passingford Bridge.Abbots (or Great ) Stapleford from the Abbot of Bury St Edmunds; Will ' from William fitz Richard, whose daughter married Richard de Tany (c. 1240 EAS xx, 156). Cf. Taney Mead , Tawney Moor in TA. Tuke from the family of Sir Brian Tuke (1545 LP).
Places in the same Parish
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