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.

Staythorpe

Major Settlement in the Parish of Staythorpe

Historical Forms

  • Startorp 1086 DB 1197 P
  • Starthorp(e) 1205 FF 1392 Pat
  • Starthorp(e) juxta Averham 1368 FF
  • Staretorp 1196 P
  • Starethorp(e) 1244 FF 1288 Misc
  • Starestorp 1247 Ch
  • Startrop 1553 Pat
  • Stathropp 1594 Recov
  • Starthorpe al. Stathorpe t.Jas1 ECP
  • Stathorpe 1616 CoRec
  • Stathrop 1671 ParReg(Averham)
  • Stat rep 1676 ib
  • Statarap 1723 ib

Etymology

'Stari 's village,' v. þorp . Professor Dickins notes that in modern times this name and Sternthorpe infra would seem to have been deliberately differentiated.

Places in the same Parish

None