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.

Stourton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Stourton

Historical Forms

  • Sturton 1206 Cur 1549 Pat
  • Sturton juxta Wycheford 1337 FF
  • Storton 1285 Ipm
  • Stourton 1316 FA 1656 Dugdale
  • Stowreton 1445 StratGild 1609 FF
  • Stowerton 1650 1807 EnclA

Etymology

'Farm by the river Stour' supra 6. v. tun .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site