Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Sture 1086 DB 1304 Pat

• ?Stawere 1201 Cur

• Stures 1212 Fees Hy3 Cerne 14 Ch 1242 FA 1285 ShaftR 15

• Stur' 1291 Tax

• Stoure 1316 FA

• Stowers 1576 HaRO

• Stur(e) Cosin 1244 Ass 1285 FA 1288 Ass

• Stur(e) Cosyn 1288 1314 FF

• Stures Cosin, Stures Cosyn 1268 Ass

• Stures Cosyn de feodo Andr' Wake 1270 For

• Estures Cusin 1270 ib

• Stour(e) Cosin 1300 Hutch3

• Stures Cusyn Westouere 1244 Ass

• Stoure Cosyn Estouer 1299 Banco

• Stoure Cosyn Estovere et Westoure, Stoure Cusyn Estovere et Westovere 15 ShaftR

• Sturewestouere 1268,1288 Ass

• Sture Westouere, Stoureswestouer 1288 Ass

• Westouere 1288 1332 SR

• St(o)ur(e)westover(e), St(o)ur(e)Westover(e) 1290 Ch 1327 SR 1362 For 1412 FA 1473 Pat c.1500 Eg

• Stourewestoure 1362 For

• Sturee Westhovere 15 ShaftR

• Westover 1572 HaRO

• Sturewake 1280 Ass

• Sture Wake 1327 SR

• Stoure Wake 1332 SR 1346 Ipm 1412 FA

• Stour(e)wake 1347 Cl 1362 For 1501 Ipm

• Storewake 1501 Ipm

• Stoure Estouere 1371 FF

• Stour Estover(e) 1375 Pat c.1500 Eg

• Sture hestovere 15 ShaftR

• Estover(e) 1443,1569 KCC 1572 HaRO

• Stowerestouer 1537 AD

• Stower Estover 1570 KCC 1572 HaRO

• East Stower, West Stower 1664 HTax 1811 OS

• Wake in 1270 For

• Stowers in 1576 HaRO

Etymology

Named from their situation on R. Stour, v. RNs.infra .The affixes Estouere and Westouere mean 'east bank' and 'west bank' respectively, v. ēast , west , ōfer 1 , cf. Langport So which has identical affixes -Estover , -Westover in 1472 Pat. The other affixes (Cosin and Wake ) are manorial.William Cusin is mentioned in connection with (E) Stour in Hy 3 (14) Cerne (Boscum Willelmi Cusin , scilicet de Stures ), and Ralph Wake is associated with (E and W) Stour in 1285 FA, 1290 Ch, 1304 Pat, also Andrew Wake in 1270For , cf. Stoke Wake par. infra for these same two families. The form Stowers in 1576HaRO denotes 'the two places called Stower '; -s in the earlier spellings is no doubt a similar use of the pl. form.