Stanford Dingley
Major Settlement in the Parish of Stanford Dingley
Historical Forms
- Stanworde 1086 DB
- Stanford' Willelmi 1220 Fees
- Stanford' 1235–6 ib
- Staunford' 1241 Ass
- Stamford' Cancelar' 1242–3 Fees
- Staunford', Stamford' iuxta Bradef' 1284 Ass
- Stanford 1316 FA
- Staneford Deanly 1535 VE
- Standford Dingley 1744 ArchJ
- Standford 1761 Rocque
Etymology
'Stony ford', a common name which occurs several times in this county. Here it refers to a crossing-place on the R. Pang. Robert Dyngley appears in this connection 1428 FA. Willelmi from William de Stanford, who held land here in 1224–5 (VCH iv, 111). Cancelar ' in 1242–3 is unexplained.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
Field
- The Acre Piece
- Androws Hill
- Barn Close
- Bottom Piece
- Chosley Fd
- Common Mdw
- Coppice Ground
- Cottage Pightel
- Cow Leaze
- Cripses Pightel
- Culver Croft
- Ducketts Mdw
- Edgelands Copse
- Furze Hills
- Freelands Copse
- Gate Piece
- Gatewick
- Great Fd
- The Hall
- Hay Croft
- Hill Ground
- The Hitch
- Little Half
- Mungy Fd
- Over Ground
- Lower Park
- Pit Piece
- The Pound
- Sandy Acre
- Several
- Shepperds Pightle
- Stablish Piece
- Stile Piece
- Water Lane
- West Moor
- Helises Grofue