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.

Stowford

Other OS name in the Parish of Harpford

Historical Forms

  • Stoweford(e) 1281 Exon 1396 Cl
  • Stoford juxta Otery 1294 Ass
  • Stoufford 1500 Ipm
  • Stovord 1566 DA

Etymology

is Stoweford (e )1281 Exon, 1396 Cl, Stoford juxta Otery 1294Ass , Stoufford 1500 Ipm, Stovord 1566 DA 43 . v. Stowfordsupra 41 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement