English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Stifford

Major Settlement in the Parish of Stifford

Historical Forms

  • Estinfort 1086 DB
  • Stifort, Stiforda 1086 DB
  • Stiford 1203 FF
  • Styford 1248 Ass 1261 FF
  • Stifford 1225,1253 FF 1322 Londin
  • Styfford 1248 Ass 1428 FA
  • Stifforth 1510 LP
  • Steford 1274 RH 1535 VE
  • Stafford 1346 FA

Etymology

'Path-ford,' v. stig . Identical with Styford (PN NbDu 192).Cf. Parford (PN D 432).

Places in the same Parish