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== Etymology == "Stevenage" may derive from [[Old English language|Old English]] ''stiþen āc'' / ''stiðen āc'' / ''stithen ac'' (various [[Old English language|Old English]] dialects cited here) meaning "(place at) the stiff [[oak]]".<ref>{{cite book |last=Stokes|first=H.G.|year=1948|chapter=A Land of Woods and Water|title=English Place-Names|location=Edinburgh|publisher=B. T. Batsford Ltd.|page=6}}</ref> The name was recorded as ''Stithenæce'' in {{circa}} 1060 and as ''Stigenace'' in the [[Domesday Book]] in 1086.
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