page_title: Staniforth
hierarchical_section_title: Staniforth
caption_attribution_description: Blackburn Brook, Sheffield.
context_page_description: Staniforth is an English surname, a variation of the name "Stanford". Old English surnames were in particular a description of one's profession such as "Smith" or "Thatcher" or described an area in which one lived.
  The name of Stanford is believed to be of ancient Saxon origin and to have been derived from the words stan, meaning "stone", and ford, meaning "river-crossing". It was undoubtedly first given to a place answering that description and was taken therefrom by its first bearer because of his residence there at the time of the adoption of surnames in Great Britain. Sheffield historian David Hey writes about a potential location on the Blackburn Brook in Ecclesfield that contained a farm known as Stonyford Farm. The 1434 Ecclesfield court rolls mention John of Stannyford passing on land in 'Stanyford' to his son Richard further backs up this claim. It is found in ancient records in the various spellings of Staniford, Staniforth, Stanforth, Stamforth, Standiford, Stanniford, Staynfor, Stanforde, Stannyforthe, Standford and Stanford, of which the form last mentioned is that most generally used in North America today.
context_section_description: Staniforth is an English surname, a variation of the name "Stanford". Old English surnames were in particular a description of one's profession such as "Smith" or "Thatcher" or described an area in which one lived.  
  The name of Stanford is believed to be of ancient Saxon origin and to have been derived from the words stan, meaning "stone", and ford, meaning "river-crossing". It was undoubtedly first given to a place answering that description (there were ten parishes of the name in England) and was taken therefrom by its first bearer because of his residence there at the time of the adoption of surnames in Great Britain. Sheffield historian David Hey writes about a potential location on the Blackburn Brook in Ecclesfield that contained a farm known as Stonyford Farm. The 1434 Ecclesfield court rolls mention John of Stannyford passing on land in 'Stanyford' to his son Richard further backs up this claim. It is found in ancient records in the various spellings of Staniford, Staniforth, Stanforth, Stamforth, Standiford, Stanniford, Staynfor, Stanforde, Stannyforthe, Standford and Stanford, of which the form last mentioned is that most generally used in North America today.
  Among the early records of the family in England are those of Adam de Stanford, of Oxford County in 1273.  Probably the first of the name in America were Richard and John Stanford of Virginia in 1635.  
  The Staniforth spelling in particular appears to be concentrated in Yorkshire. Many of the same spelling emigrated to Canada and America in the early-to-middle 19th century.
  People named Staniforth include:
  Allan Staniforth, engineer and racecar engineer
  Charles Staniforth Hext, Military captain
  David Staniforth (field hockey), hockey player
  David Staniforth (footballer) (born 1950), English footballer
  Edwin Wilfred Stanyforth, British Army Commander
  Gordon Staniforth, footballer
  Joseph Morewood Staniforth, editorial cartoonist
  Michael Staniforth, actor
  John Staniforth, politician
  Scott Staniforth, rugby player
  Tom Staniforth, rugby player
  Thomas Staniforth, English priest
  Fred Staniforth, footballer
  Thomas Staniforth, Lord Mayor of Liverpool
  Thomas Worsley Staniforth, Hymn composer
  Samuel Staniforth, Lord Mayor of Liverpool (son of the above)
  R. T. Stanyforth, England Test Cricket captain
  Reverend Oswald Staniforth, English author and Franciscan friar
  Ron Staniforth, footballer
  Thomas Staniforth, founder and namesake of Thomas Staniforth & Co Scytheworks
  Miles Staniforth Cater Smith, Australian politician
  Alex Staniforth, Adventurer
  Lucy Staniforth, footballer
  Graydon Staniforth, Australian rugby player
  Maxwell Staniforth, Soldier and Clergyman
  Nate Staniforth, American magician and author
  Staniforth Smith, Australian politician
  William Staniforth, 18th Century Surgeon
  William Thomas Staniforth, founder of the Ascend Cutlery Works
caption: The Blackburn Brook, the likely origin of the Staniforth surname
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