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.

Staverton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Staverton

Historical Forms

  • (æt) Stofordtune 1050–72 Earle
  • Stovretona 1086 DB
  • Stoverton(a) 1148 HMCiv,46 1345 Ass
  • Staverthon' 1242 Fees769
  • Staverton 1285 FA

Etymology

The first part of this name is identical with Stowford from Stanford (supra 41). There seem to have been alternative later developments (i) with very early rounding of a to o , (ii) with shortening of ā to ă .