STANFORD, (Norfolk) near Langford and Lingford, has its name from the stony ford over the r. that runs thro' it. The manor
formerly bel. to Sir Rob. Wingfield; from whose family it came to Sir Nich. Bacon, and so to Sir Edw. Coke; and in the R.
of Cha. I. was sold to Tho. Garrard, Esq; and is now in the possession of the widow of his descendant, Sir Nich. Garrard,
Bt. of Langford. Here is a good inn, in the road from Thetford to Watton and Swaffham.