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.

Stafford Mills

Early-attested site in the Parish of Thrupp

Historical Forms

  • Staford, Stoford Ric2 Rent238
  • Stonford 1546 FF

Etymology

Stafford Mills, Staford , Stoford Ric 2Rent 238, Stonford 1546FF .'Stone ford', v. stān , ford . The loss of -n - before labials occurs in other p.ns. like Stafford's Bridge (32supra ), Stover (iii, 44), Stowell (182) and Stowick (iii, 138infra ); cf. Phonol. § 37 (c ) and EPN ii, 143.