West Stafford
Major Settlement in the Parish of West Stafford
Historical Forms
- Stanford 1086 DB 1322 Ipm 1381 DCMCt
- Staford 1086 DB
- Stafort Exon
- Staf(f)ord(e) 1205 RC 1212 P 1227,1243 Fees 1244 Ass 1264 FineR
- Stafford' Turberevill 1243 Fees
- We(st) Staf(f)ord(e) 1285 FA 1303 Ipm 1327 SR 1332 SR
- Staf(f)ord(e) Bingham 1402 Hutch3 1682 Weld1
- Stafforde alias West Stafforde 1619 DCMCt
- West Stanorde 1320 FF
- Stavord West 1340 NI
- Stavorde 1346,1428 FA
- Westauorde 1422 DorR
- Stofford Byngham 1412 FA
- Stof(f)ord(e) 1530 Weld1
Etymology
'Stony ford', v. stān , ford , alluding to a crossing of R. Frome, cf. E Stafford in W Knighton par. supra . For loss of -n - before a labial consonant, cf. Stoborough in Arne par. supra . Henry de Turbervile held one third of a fee herein 1213 Hutch3 2512, and c. 1243 Robert de Bingham acquired this manor and Bingham's Melcombe (in Melcombe H. par. infra ) by his marriage with Lucy Turberville (DoNHAS 22136), cf. also Robert (de ) Byngham 1303 FA, 1332 SR, terr ' Roberti Byngham in Staford 1464DCMCt , and Hutch3 2 512. In 1795 Boswell, Bingham 's and Everard 's are still named as two farms within this manor; for the latter v. foll.