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.

Stafford

Early-attested site in the Parish of Colyton

Historical Forms

  • (on nyðeran) Stanford 1005 KCD1301 12th
  • Estaforda 1086 DB(Exon)
  • Staford
  • Stoford 1306 Ass
  • Stouford 1330 SR

Etymology

v. Stowford (supra 41). 'Nether' or 'lower' perhaps in contrast to the next ford up stream, now known as Holyford supra 622.