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.

Stanstead

Other OS name in the Parish of Caterham

Historical Forms

  • Stansted(e) 1247 FF 1617 Ct
  • Stanested 1295 Winton

Etymology

is Stansted (e )1247 FF, 1617Ct , Stanested 1295 Winton . ' Stone or stony place , ' v. stede .