Surname Spotlight: Stansfeld

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Stansfield surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon.

The meaning behind Stansfeld

A Stansfeld ancestor may well appear as Stansfield in earlier records. The family name meaning is “stony field”, the same as for Stansfield.

Records show Stansfeld as one of the forms Stansfield took over time. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.

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