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.

Stow

Major Settlement in the Parish of Stow cum Quy

Historical Forms

  • Stoua 1086 ICC
  • alia Stowe, Stowe 1189,c.1270 Rams
  • Stowe 1236 Barnwell
  • Stowe Engayne 1218 SR
  • West Stowe 1301 CaiCh
  • Stowe juxta Angleseye 1307 FF
  • Stowe iuxta Quie 1327 Ass
  • Stowe et Coye 1279 RH
  • Stowe cum Quey 1316 FA
  • Stowequeye 1372,1384 Pat
  • Stowe Cumquy 1383 Cl
  • Stowequye 1420 Cl
  • Stoquie, Stoqye t.Hy8,1559 Rental
  • Stow sid Quy 1667 CWills
  • Stokequy(e) 1462,1489 Pat
  • Stokequi 1546 Rental
  • Engaine (1184–9 Rams)

Etymology

'Place,' v. stōw . Engayne , from the family of Richard Engaine (1184–9 Rams). Cf. D'Engayne's Fm infra 133. West in contrast to Long Stowe infra 163.

Places in the same Parish