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.

Standean

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ditchling

Historical Forms

  • Standen(e) 1086 DB 1448 FF
  • Staunden 1228 Pat

Etymology

Standean is Standen (e )1086 DBet freq to 1448 FF, Staunden 1228 Pat. 'Stony valley,' v. denu . Allcroft (93) suggests that the valley was once conspicuous for the number of its big stones.