Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Stanewrd' RicI Cur

• Stanewardyn in Bosco 1291–2 Ass

• Stanwardin 1193 P

• Stanwurthin 1221–2 Ass

• Stanword' in Bosco 1231 SAC 1615 SBL15755

• Stanworhin in Le Wude 1291–2 Ass

• Stanwarthynythewode 1317 Ch

• Stanwarthyn-in-the- Wode 1326 Ipm

• Stanwardine in the Woode 1452 SBL4525

• Stanwardyn in Le Wode 1508 AD

• Stannerton 1577 Saxton

Etymology

This settlement is 2½ miles N.E. of Stanwardine in the Fields, and the areas of the two townships do not adjoin. Stanwardine in the Wood may have been a detached area of woodland belonging to the other settlement which evolved into a separate settlement, as detached woodland pastures often did.