Stanton Fitzwarren (Swindon)

Locality
Coordinates	51.611417, -1.744836
Adm. div.	Wiltshire
Vicinity	c. 2 km NE of Swindon
Type	Settlement
Interest	Fulk Fitz-Warin name
Status	Extant
First Record	1394

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Stanton Fitzwarren.

The Church of St Leonard at Stanton Fitzwarren / Peter Wood, 1. Oct. 2015, Creative Commons via Geograph.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-01-05. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-05.

Stanton Fitzwarren, a bit northeast of Swindon, is first recorded in Domesday Book (1086), where it occurs as 'Stantone'. The present form of the name is first recorded in 1394 ('Staunton Fitz Waryn'). The manor belonged to Fulk Fitz-Warin in 1196

Sources

• Gover, J.E.B.; Mawer, Allen; Stenton, F.M. The Place-Names of Wiltshire (English Place-Name Society, vol. XVI) (Cambridge, 1939), p. 30.

Maps

• 25" O.S. map Wiltshire XI.5 (c. 1879; surveyed 1876)
• 25" O.S. map Wiltshire XI.5 (1900; rev. 1898) (georeferenced)
• 25" O.S. map Wiltshire XI.5 (1900; rev. 1898)
• 25" O.S. map Wiltshire XI.5 (1923; rev. 1922)
• 25" O.S. map Wiltshire XI.5 (1946; rev. 1942)
• 6" O.S. map Berkshire XII (1883; surveyed 1876-78)
• 6" O.S. map Berkshire XII.NW (1900; rev. 1898) (georeferenced)
• 6" O.S. map Berkshire XII.NW (1900; surveyed 1897)
• 6" O.S. map Berkshire XII.NW (1913; surveyed 1910)
• 6" O.S. map Berkshire XII.NW (1925; surveyed 1910).

Background

• Wikipedia: Stanton Fitzwarren.

Notes

Fulk Fitz-Warin