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.

Stowe

Early-attested site in the Parish of St Briavels

Historical Forms

  • la Stowe 1282 For
  • convent' de Stowe 1338 Orig
  • Stow(e) 1398 Ipm 1399 Pat 1665 Probyn

Etymology

Stowe, la Stowe 1282For , convent ' de Stowe 1338 Orig, Stow (e )1398 Ipm, 1399 Patet freq to 1665Probyn 25. v. stōw 'a place dedicated to religion'. The allusion is to the former convent, chapel and hermitage of St Margaret.