High Stodhoe, Low Stodhoe
Early-attested site in the Parish of Low Dinsdale
Historical Forms
- Stodhow 1466 SurteesIII239
- Stodhowe 1506–12 IPM
- Stodhow 1632 ib
- Stodoo 1552 DX1022/1 n.d.
- Stoday 1579 EP/Di
- Stoddaye 1586×7 Wills
- stoddaie 1587 EP/Di
- Stothowe 1596×7 IPM
- Studdoe 1678 Eldon
- Studdow(e) otherwise Stoddoe, Stoddo 1698 ib
- Stoddoe 1680 Eldon
- Stoddo 1717 ib
- Stodhoo or Stodday 1823 SurteesIII239
Etymology
'Heel of land with a stud', v. stōd , hōh , and cf. Stoddah PNCu 213, Stothow 1317, Stodhowe 1383, Stodday 1559 with the same phonological weakening of the second element to [ə] (Orton §§220, 237). In the 12th and 13th cents. the manor was held by the Surtees family. The farm stands at the edge of a steep downward slope.