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.

Stagenhoe

Early-attested site in the Parish of St Paul's Walden

Historical Forms

  • Stagnehou 1086 DB
  • Stagenho 1246 Cl 1366 Pat
  • Stagenhoo 1339 Cl
  • Stakenho 1265 Misc 1296 SR t.Ed1 Stowe 1320 Pat
  • Staggenhoo 1307 Ipm
  • Stagnall 1563 FF

Etymology

This is probably from OE  stacgena hoh , 'spur of land of the stags,' as suggested by Skeat (37).