Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Stan(e)steda, Stan(e)stedā 1086 DB

• Stan(e)stede Monchenesye 1254 EASxviii 1341 1485 Pat

• Stan(e)stede iuxta Haldestede 1285 Ass

• Stan(e)stede by Halstede 1286 FF

• Stan(e)stede Leete 1643 Add

• Stansted Hall Manor 1563 Lancs

Etymology

Stansted Hall is Stan (e )steda , Stan (e )stedā 1086 DB, Stan (e )stede Monchenesye 1254 EAS xviii, 1341 Cl, Pat, 1485 Pat, Stan (e )stede iuxta Haldestede 1285Ass , Stan (e )stede by Halstede 1286 FF, Stan (e )stede Leete 1643Add , Stansted Hall Manor 1563 Lancs. v. stan , stede . 'From its stony or gravelly situation' (M ii, 252). “In the old court-rolls it is styled the Hamlet of Stansted; was taxed by itself to the poor; and had a constable for that leet; and so it continued, till of late it was united to the rest of the parish of Halsted” (ib.). Cf. Moon's Fm supra .