Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Stanyden(e) 1326 WCR 1462 MinAcct

• Standden' 1492 ib

• Stanyngden(e), Staningden(e) 1327 WCR 1492 MinAcct 1558 PRHfx 1799 HAS

• Stonyngdenbrigge 1462 MinAcct

• Stanenden 1624 Greave 1645 PREll

• Stanningden 1624 FF 1663 HAS 1697 Soyl

• Stayningdeyne 1583 WillY

• Stayninden 1642 ib

Etymology

The oldest spellings suggest OE  stānig 'rocky' and lēah 'clearing', with later -ing - as an analogical substitution (as in some forms of Mosleden 72infra ). If, however, -ing - is etymologically correct it is possible that in this name, as also in Stannington i, 227supra or Stanningley iii, 116, 237 infra , we have OE  stān with the connective -ing 4 or OE  stāning 'rocky place'; but derivation from stānig seems preferable. The name referred to the Soyland side of the Ryburn valley, especially that part where it turns west at Slithero Bridge; Stonyngdenbrigge was between Ripponden and Slithero (HAS 15, 79), and described as 'in Stanningden' were Merrybent (ib 15, 156) and Swift Place (ib 15, 165; 17, 298), cf. also HAS 37, 6. For a similar use of denu 'valley' cf. Sowerby Dean 149infra .