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Survey of English Place-Names

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Little Stainforth

Early-attested site in the Parish of Giggleswick

Historical Forms

  • Knight Steynfourth, Knyght Steynfourth 1547 FF
  • Knyght Stanforth 1570 ib
  • Knyght Stayneforth(e), Knyght Stain(e)forth(e) 1578,1621 ib
  • Knyght Stain(e)furthe 1586 WillY
  • Knyghtstamford 1597 ib
  • Stainforth, Little or Knight-Stainforth 1822 Langd

Etymology

Little Stainforth, Knight Steynfourth , Knyght Steynfourth 1547 FF, Knyght Stanforth 1570 ib, Knyght Stayneforth (e ), Knyght Stain (e )forth (e )1578, 1621 ib, Knyght Stain (e )furthe 1586 WillY, Knyghtstamford 1597 ib, Stainforth , Little or Knight -Stainforth 1822 Langd. 'Knight' (v. cniht ) and 'Little' to distinguish it from Stainforth supra (which was chiefly held by Sawley Abbey). Little Stainforth is across the R. Ribble.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name