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.

Steinwad

Field in the Parish of Bottesford

Historical Forms

  • Steinwad m.13 BelCartB
  • Stenwithe 1601 Terrier
  • the Stennithe 1629 Terrier
  • steynwathsyke Edw1 Rut
  • Steynwathesyk ' 1352 Rut

Etymology

Steinwad m. 13 (e. 15), Stenwithe 1601, the Stennithe 1629 (1712), steynwathsyke Edw 1, Steynwathesyk' 1352 (v. sík) (naming land on the boundary with Stenwith in Lincs., the neighbouring village to the south - east)