Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• le Stude 1221 Pap

• capell' de Stude 1232,1242 Ass 1255 Spencer t.Ed3 Coventry

• le Stede 1262 Ass

• le Stode 1411 Coventry 1547 Monast

• The Stude, the Stade 1725 B

• Upper Steads, Lower Steads c.1840 TA

• del Stude 1327 SR

• del Stede 1332 ib

Etymology

The Stude (c. 1830 O.S.) is le Stude 1221 Pap, capell ' de Stude 1232, 1242Ass , 1255Spencer , t. Ed 3Coventry , le Stede 1262Ass , le Stode 1411Coventry , 1547 Monast, The Stude , the Stade 1725 B, Upper Steads , Lower Steads c. 1840TA , and was the home of Philip del Stude (1327 SR) and Philip del Stede (1332 ib.). This is the OE  styde , stede , 'place.' The word is rarely found alone in place-names, but a possible parallel is Stidd (PN La 144).Ekwall (loc. cit .) would take the word there and in the Warwickshire name to mean 'place of worship.' Stidd is an old chapelry and there was at one time a chapel at The Stude (Dugdale 22).The site was a mile south-west of Church Lawford.