Staughton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Great Staughton
Historical Forms
- Stoctun c.974 BCS1306 c.1250
- Tochestone 1086 DB
- Stottun 1163 P
- Stocton(a) 1163 P 1209 ChancRoll
- Stocton(a) Magna 1232 FF
- Stoctun c.1198 BM 1318 FF
- Stoucton 1260 Ass
- Stokton 1287 Ass 1316 FA 1378 Cl 1502 Ipm
- Stoghton 1358 Cl 1366 FF
- Stoughton 1504 Ipm
- Moche Staughton 1566 BM
- Stowghton Magna al. Stocton 1592 FF
Etymology
'Farm-enclosure made of stumps or stocks' v. stocc .