Stanford-le-Hope
Major Settlement in the Parish of Stanford-le-Hope
Historical Forms
- Stanford 1068 EHRxi 1309
- Stanford-upon-Thames 1338 Cl
- Stanford in the Hope 1361 FF
- Stanford in le Hope, Stanford in le Hoop 1475,1485 IpmR
- Stanford Le Hope 1535 VE
- Staneford by Horndon 1342 Ipm
- Stanvorde 1412 Pat
- Standford 1068 EHRxi 1377
- Standeford Le Hope 1535 VE
- Staunford 1267 FF
- Stanbrok (alias Stanford) 1324 Ipm
- Stamford 1348,1349 Pap
- Stamvert, Stamverd Le Hope 1662,1678 Stifford
Etymology
'Stone-ford,' v. stan , ford . le Hope , by the “bay or reach at the winding of the river, formerly known as Tilberi Hope ” (1509 LP), the name probably of The Lower Hope opposite East Tilbury, which is nearer the mouth of the Thames than Northfleet Hope, between Grays and Northfleet (K). Cf. ON hóp , “small land-locked bay or inlet, salt at flood-tide and fresh at ebb,” and Hope , “a station for ships in the mouth of the river Thames, below Gravesend” (1765 NED). For le v. IPN 95.