Stansted Mountfitchet
town · Essex
Norman FrenchSurmised
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Stansted Mountfitchet is named after a stone place or clearing, with the suffix 'Mountfitchet' added to distinguish it, referring to the de Montfitchet family who held the manor.
Word origins
- stan
- Old Englishstone
- sted
- Old Englishplace
- Mountfitchet
- Norman Frenchof the Montfitchet family
Historical forms
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