Stanway
Major Settlement in the Parish of Stanway
Historical Forms
- (æt) Stanwægun c.1000 ASWills 11th
- Stanewegā 1086 DB
- Eststanweya 1119 Colch
- Stanuueie 1119 Colch
- Stanweia 1198 ib
- Stanweghen 1215 ClR
- Stanwey(e) 1234 FF
- Great Stanwey(e), Little Stanwey(e) 1306 FF
- Much Stanwey(e) 1544 LP
- Stanwy 1248 Ass
- Moche Stanway 1498 EAS(NS)ii
- Stanewey(e) 1294,1327 FF 1393 Cl 1397 Pap 1407 Pat
- Staneway 1397 Pap
- Stanaway 1723 EssPRii
- Staneley (church) in Stanewey (manor and town) 1407 Pat
- Stonwey 1542 LP 1574 FF
Etymology
'(At) the stone ways,' v. stan , weg . The reason for the use of the plural in the name is not apparent unless possibly it be that there were already two Stanways in the 10th century corresponding to the later Magna and Parva hamlets. The 'stone- way' is the Roman road from Colchester to London. There were formerly two churches, Magna in the south of the present parish and Parva near the London road.