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.

Stampwell (Fm)

Early-attested site in the Parish of Chalfont St Peter

Historical Forms

  • Stompe 1296 HMCxv
  • Stompwell 1766 J
  • Stumpwell 1826 B

Etymology

'Spring by the stump' v. wielle .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site