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.

Standen

Early-attested site in the Parish of Chute and Chute Forest

Historical Forms

  • (in) standene 778 BCS225 961 c.1225 DB 1086 P 1165 RBE 1199 Fees 1242
  • standone 1086 DB
  • Northstanden' 1275 RH
  • Suthstaunden 1289 Ass
  • Grenestaunden 1300 For
  • Staunden Chaworthe 1316 FA
  • Chaurces 1242 Fees

Etymology

Standen is (in ) standene 778 BCS 225, 961 (c. 1225) ib. 1080, 1086 DB, 1165 P, 1199 RBE, 1242 Fees, standone 1086 DB, Northstanden '1275 RH, Suthstaunden 1289Ass , Grenestaunden 1300For , Staunden Chaworthe 1316 FA. 'Stony valley,' v. denu .There are sarsens here. Hugh de Standene held the manor of Standene from Patricius de Chaurces (1242 Fees). Chaworth is a late corruption of this name. (For the widely variant forms of this family name see more fully Fees, Index 135.)