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.

Steward

Early-attested site in the Parish of Moretonhampstead

Historical Forms

  • Storygge 1444 Pat
  • Stoures, Stowrysshe al. Stowresshe 1504 Ipm
  • Steward al. Stewrish 1721 Recov

Etymology

The forms are too late and too inconsistent for any satisfactory etymology to be suggested.