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.

Stotfold

Major Settlement in the Parish of Stotfold

Historical Forms

  • Stodfald 1007 Crawf 1193 P 1202 FF 1203 Cur 1227 Ass
  • Stotfalt 1086 DB
  • Stotfald 1198 FF Hy3 Ch 1317
  • Stotfold 1199 FF 1232,1242 FF 1287 Ass 1302 FA
  • Stotfaud c.1200 BM 1227 Ass 1276 Ass
  • Stofaude 1202 Ass 1236 FF
  • Stodfold 1227 Ass 1244 FF
  • Stodfauld 1227 Ass
  • Stodfaud 1247 Ass
  • Stotfeld, Stotfeud 1276 Ass
  • Stotfolt 1287 Ass
  • Stottesfold or Stotfold 1343 Ipm
  • Statfold(e) Eliz ChancP 1780 Jury

Etymology

'Stud-enclosure,' v. stodfald , but, for a possible further significance of the name, v. IPN 151.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site