Stansted Mountfitchet
Major Settlement in the Parish of Stansted Mountfitchet
Historical Forms
- Stanestedam 1086 DB
- Stan(e)sted(e) 1201 FF
- Stan(e)sted(e) Mounfichet 1288–92 Ass
- Stan(e)sted(e) Muffichet 1337 FF
- Stan(e)sted(e) Mownfizett 1570 ib
- Stanste 1292 Ass
- Mounfychet 1404 ib
- Stanford Mounfychet 1472 Pat
- Stanfeld Monfichet 1483 ib
- Stapersted Mountfichet 1485 ib
- Stamford Schyched 1503 Pat
Etymology
'Stone-place,' v. stan , stede . Mountfitchet from the great feudal family of that name. In the later forms there is uncertainty and corruption in the final element.