Studfold Hundred
Hundred in the County of Wiltshire
Historical Forms
- Stotfalde, Stotfalda hundred 1086 ExonDB
- Stodfold 1249 Ass 1255 RH
- Stodfelde 1316 FA
Etymology
'Horse or stud enclosure,' v. stott , stod , falod . The hundred is now merged in that of Swanborough infra 317. The meeting-place was at Foxley Corner on Lydeway infra 316–7. It may have been so called from some ancient enclosure here, v. stodfald and cf. IPN 150–2.