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.

Stadhampton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Stadhampton

Historical Forms

  • Stodeham 1130–42,1143–7 OxonCh 1146 RegAntiquiss 18th
  • Stodham 1246–7 Ass 1551–2 Survey

Etymology

'River meadow where horses are kept,' v. stōd , hamm . The -ton is a late addition, doubtless due to the influence of Brookhampton and Chislehampton (155).