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.

Standish

Major Settlement in the Parish of Standish

Historical Forms

  • Stanedis 862 BCS535 l.13th
  • Stanedis, Stanedys 1066–87 Glouc 1086 DB 12 Glouc c.1230 GlCh 1248 Ass 1290 Episc
  • Stanedisse 1086–1284 Glouc
  • Stanediss 1287 Ass
  • Stanedychs' 1269 FF
  • Stanedisch(e), Stanedis(s)h(e) 1291 Tax 1301 Episc 1305 FF 1314 Pat 1324 Glouc
  • Standisch(e), Standis(s)h(e), Standys(s)he 1301 Episc 1324 Glouc 1354 Ch 1623 FF
  • Standitch 1579 FF

Etymology

'Stony pasture-enclosure', v. stān , edisc .