Stowe
Major Settlement in the Parish of Stowe Nine Churches
Historical Forms
- æt Stowe 956 BCS986 c.1200
- Stowe 1086 DB
- Stowe Nichurche 1386 Pat
- Stow cum novem ecclesiis 1595 Recov
- Stow of nine churches 1725 Recov
- Parva Stowe al. with nyne Steples 1576 FF
Etymology
v. stow . The exact sense here is difficult to determine. 'Nine Churches,' according to Bridges (i, 87), from nine churches to which the Lord of the Manor had a right of presentation.' Bridges also tells us that Little Stowe was also known as Butter -Stowe 'from their delivering their butter at a fixed price throughout the year to the London carriers.'