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.

Stowford

Early-attested site in the Parish of Colaton Raleigh

Historical Forms

  • Stauford c.1200 Torre 15th
  • Staford' 1242 Fees763,782
  • Nitherstoford juxta Buketon 1311 Ass
  • Nether Stofford 1331 Orig
  • Stouford 1303 FA 1330 SR 1341 Ipm
  • Netherstoweford 1309 Orig
  • Stoweford juxta Bukyngton 1426 FF

Etymology

v. Stowford supra 41.

Places in the same Parish