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.

Standlake

Major Settlement in the Parish of Standlake

Historical Forms

  • Stanlache c.1150–64 Eynsh 1636 FF
  • Stanlega 1195 P
  • Standlac c.1200 Abingdon c.1225
  • Standlake 1302 Eynsh 1544 Bodl
  • Stanelake c.1360 Eynsh

Etymology

'Stony stream,' v. stān , lacu . There is a heartfelt piece of popular etymology early 18th ParColl, where the place is said to be “situate upon a damn'd standing Puddle, long Deep and Dirty.”