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.

Stanbury

Major Settlement in the Parish of Bradford

Historical Forms

  • Stanbiri 1249 Ch
  • Stanbir 1251 Ch 1252 Skyr
  • Stanbur' 1323 MinAcct
  • Staynbury 1342 Ext
  • Standbery 1532 WillY
  • Standbury 1657 WillS
  • Stanbury 1536,1577 FF 1684 WYD

Etymology

'Stone fortification', v. stān , burh (dat.sg. byrig ), cf. Stainborough i, 312supra (to which belongs the 1235 FF spelling sometimes wrongly identified with Stanbury). On the form -bury cf. Horbury ii, 150supra . No trace of the fortification remains.

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Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement