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Survey of English Place-Names

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Stuffynwood Hall

Other OS name in the Parish of Shirebrook

Etymology

, cf. Ralf Stuffin de Wodhous 1421Derby ; the earlier name may well have been Woodhouse and the family name later prefixed to it . The Stuffin family is evidenced in this parish in the 13th century , cf. Hugh Stuffin de Shirbrok 13thDerby . Cf. Stanton Woodhouse supra 166 .