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

  • Stortone 1086 DB
  • Storton 1279,1310 Ass 1285 MinAcct 1657 Sadler
  • Sturton(e) 1182 P 1327 SR
  • Sturton(e) juxta Mere 1310 FF
  • Stureton(e) 1290 WIpm
  • Steortone 1302 Ass
  • Stourton 1332 SR 1386 FF
  • Stoureton 1383 Pat 1513 Ct
  • Stowerton 1606 Sess
  • Stowrton 1640 FF

Etymology

'Farm on the river Stour,' v. tun and supra 10.