Stanmore
Major Settlement in the Parish of Stanmore
Historical Forms
- Stanmere 793 BCS267 12th DB 1086 FF 1411
- Stanmere magna 1235,1274 Ass
- Stammere 1219 Pap
- Stanemere 1279 QW
- Stannemere 1332 Ipm
- Great(e) Stanmare 1392 Pat 1565 PCC
- Stanmar the More 1508 PCC
- Much Stanmer t.Eliz ChancP
- Stanmer the More 1563 SR
- Standemore 1562 PCC
- Standmere, Standmore 1605 Davenport
- Stanmore the Great 1574 PCC
- Stanmore 1682 Morgan 1710 S
Etymology
'Stony mere or pool,' v. stan , mere . There are outcrops of gravel on the clay soil here and the mere may have been one of the ponds which still exist. Great to distinguish from Whitchurch or Little Stanmore infra 66.