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

Major Settlement in the Parish of Stowford

Historical Forms

  • Estatforda 1086 DB(Exon)
  • Staford
  • Stafford(e) 1242 Fees757 1264 Exon 1265 Misc 1291 Tax
  • Stoford juxta Meleford 1287 Ass
  • Stauford 1330 SR
  • Stouford 1349 Exon
  • Stouford juxta Lyfton 1306 Ass

Etymology

For a discussion of this name, v. Stowford supra 41.

Places in the same Parish