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.

Stonyford, Stonyford Brook(lost)

Other OS name in the Parish of Handley

Historical Forms

  • Stoneways Ford 1831 Bry
  • Stonyford, Stonyford Field & Stonyford Meadow 1838 TA
  • regia strata que ducit de Cestr' versus album monasterium 1315 AddCh
  • regia strata que ducit per mediam villam de Hanley c.1315 ib

Etymology

( lost , 109–463585 ) ( 109–463585 to 455578 , Coddington Brook 86supra ) , Stoneways Ford 1831 Bry, Stonyford , Stonyford Field & Stonyford Meadow 1838TA , 'ford at a stonyroad', from stān and weg, with ford and brōc. This ford carried theChester–Whitchurch road, regia strata que ducit de Cestr ' versus album monasterium 1315AddCh , regia strata que ducit per mediam villam de Hanley c.1315ib , cf. 142 ( Route VIII , second para . ) .