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.

Stanbridge

Major Settlement in the Parish of Stanbridge

Historical Forms

  • Stanbru(g)g(e) 1165,1175 P 1220 LS 1242 Fees867 1276,1287 Ass 1316 FA 1326 Cl 1405 ADi
  • Stanbregge 1196 FF
  • Stanbrig(g)e, Stanbrygge 1202,1227,1240 Ass 1247 1284 FA 1353 Cl 1405 ADi 1489,1497 Ipm
  • Staunbrig(g) 1227 Ass 1247 Ass
  • Stanburgh 1227 Ass
  • Stantbrig 1240 Ass
  • Stanbrich 1276 Ass
  • Stambrug 1292 Ipm
  • Standbridge 1785 Jury

Etymology

'Stone-bridge' v. stan , brycg . The village must have taken its name from the bridge at Stanbridgeford, a good mile to the south-east.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site