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.

Stanford

Early-attested site in the Parish of Southill

Historical Forms

Stanford 1086 DB

Stamford 1202 Ass 1247 Ass 1377 Cl

Staunford 1227 Ass 1238 FF 1247 Ass 1346 FA

Standford 1535 VE

Standfordbury 1588 D

Etymology

'Stony ford.'

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Southill