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.

Stoliford

Early-attested site in the Parish of Modbury

Historical Forms

  • Stolyford 1330 SR 1423 IpmR
  • Stoliford, Sterliford 1489 Ipm

Etymology

The forms are rather late, but the name may be a compound of stan, leah and ford .