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Survey of English Place-Names

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Stony Ford

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkheaton

Historical Forms

  • le Stainford 1331 Font
  • (the) Stony fore 1720,1756 WB31,212a

Etymology

, le Stainford (? forStaniford ) 1331 Font, (the ) Stony fore 1720, 1756WB 31, 212a , ' rockyford ' , v. stānig , ford ; the Stafforths mentioned in Stafford Hill supra may have been named from this place .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name