Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Stewenebrige 1248 Ass

• Stevenebrugge 1315 Glouc

• Steuenesbrugge 1459 MinAcct

• Stevenbrug 1461 ib

• Stevenbridge 1609 AOMB

• Stevens bridge 1598 Comm

• Stenynbrug' 1377–99 Works

• Stenesbrugge 1408 FF

• Stenbridge 1562,1605 FF 1608 Will 1609 AOMB

• Steanebridge 1638 Rec 1639 InqM

Etymology

'Stephen's bridge', v. brycg . The first el. is the ME  pers.n. or surname Steven , Stephen ; there was a Thomas Stevens locally as late as 1598 (Comm ), and the name also appears in the local p.n. Steveneshill , Steneshille 1459, 1461MinAcct and the f.n. Stevens's (infra ).The reduction of Steven - to Sten - is paralleled by such ME  forms as sen for seven and the spellings of Sevenhampton 177infra (cf. Jordan § 216, 2, Phonol. § 34b ).