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.

St Stephens

Major Settlement in the Parish of St Stephens

Historical Forms

  • Ecclesia Beati Stephani c.1180 Gesta
  • Ecclesia Sancti Stephani 1188 MP 1291 Tax
  • Saynt Stephyns 1552 FF
  • parish of Senstevens 1655 ParReg(Aldenham)

Etymology

The church, which gave name to the third of the external St Albans parishes, is dedicated to St Stephen.