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Stadenlow. — The initial syllable is from the A.S. steode, Steele, stasde, 

 styde — a place, station, stead. The medial syllable is a Celto-Saxon 

 root, or a Celtic word adopted by the Saxons, meaning a vale, hollow, or 

 deep wooded valley. The final syllable is from the A.S. hlsew, hlaw, 

 low — a hill, an elevation, a rising tract of ground, also a heap, grave, 

 barrow, tumulus. The grave or barrow in the place or station in the 

 valley. 



Stadori Cowdale. — The derivation of the initial syllable of Stadon is as 

 above, don is from the A.S. dun— a mountain, hill, downs. The adjunct 

 is the A.S. cu — a cow, and A.S. dal — a valley or dale. The dale of the 

 cows by the hill station or stead. 



Stanhope LOW or Stoneheap LOW. — The initial syllable is from 

 the A.S. sta?n, stan — stone. The final syllable is the A.S. heap — a pile, 

 heap, accumulation. The adjunct is from the A.S. hlsew, hlaw, low — a 

 hill, an elevation, a rising tract of ground, also a heap, grave, barrow, 

 tumulus. The grave or barrow formed of a heap of stone. Stoneheap 

 low is a large barrow in which human bodies have been found. 



Stainsby.— (D.D.B. Steinesby.) — A.S. stren, stan — stone, and N. byr, by — 

 a village, an abode ; — the stone habitation or village, or the village by 

 the stone ; see note to Stanton, infra. 

 .Stanley. — (D.D.B. Stanlei.) — A.S. staen, stan--stone, and A.S. leg, leag, 

 lea, leah, lag, lah — a meadow, a field, land. See note to Stanton, 

 infra. 



Stanton. — (D.D.B. Stantvn, Stantvne.) — A.S. stsen, stan— stone, and A.S. 

 tun— a town ;— the stone town, or the town by the stone. 



NOTE -Frequently a stone was erected as a boundary mark, or as a 

 monument to record the deeds of those who had distinguished them- 

 selves in war ; and as an element in a place-name, stone often has one or 

 the other signification. 



Stanton-by-Dale.- (D.D.B. Stantone.)— See Stanton, above. 



Stapenhill. — (D.D.B. Stapenhille.) — The first component of this name is 

 probably derived from the A.S. strep— a step, staspan, steppan to step. 

 The postfix is the A.S. hill, hyl, hyll — a hill, a mountain. The hill 

 approached or ascended by steps. 



Staveley. — (D.D.B. Stavelie.) — A-S. stsef— a staff, stick, pole, support, and 

 A.S. leg, leag, lea, leah, lag, lah— a meadow, field, land ;— the staff 

 land or meadow. 



Stenson. — (D.D.B. Steintvne.) — The present name is probably a corrup- 

 tion of the Domesday spelling, the initial syllable being from the A.S. 

 staen, stan— a stone, and the postfix from the A.S. tun -a town; — the 

 stone town. 



Stoke.— (D.D.B. Stoche.)— A.S. stoc— a stock, stem, trunk, block, stick, 

 or a place surrounded with stocks — a stockaded place. 



