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.

Stantway

Early-attested site in the Parish of Westbury on Severn

Historical Forms

  • Stanetteweye 1241 FF
  • Stanit(h)eweye, Sanytheweye 1248 Ass 1301 Ipm
  • Stanytteweye c.1275 For
  • Stanitway 1688 Will
  • Stant(e)weie, Stant(e)weya, Stant(e)way(e) 1221 Ass 1331 GR208 1598 FF
  • Staunteweye c.1275 For
  • Steyntway, Staynt(e)way, Staynt(e)weys, Staynt(e)wey(e) 1347 FF 1412 Pat 1438 IpmR 1649 Guise

Etymology

'The stony road', v. stǣniht , stāniht , weg ; cf. stanihtan weg (i, 171supra ). This may have originally denoted the Roman road to Wales which runs just north of Stantway Court.