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.

Stotforth

Other OS name in the Parish of Bishop Middleham

Historical Forms

  • Stodforth, Stotfold (map) 1839 TA

Etymology

, Stodforth , Stotfold (map)1839TA , probably dial stot ' ahorse, an ox, a heifer ' .