1) Used extensively in compound terms, especially for the site of a building.
1305 le Kylnestedes, Flockton
1454 the seid smethystedys … and mynes of iryn ure, Farnley
1482 le husthedelandes, Rowley
1517 two messuagez steddes ... a cottage sted, Threshfield
1546 a barne stede, Doncaster
1590 a messuage called a meestead, Dewsbury. It later identified places within or close to a dwelling: 1646 in the dore stead, Ecclesfield
1654 liberty to lye in the hallstead of the sayd house, Abbotside
1689 a range fixed in the chimney stead, Bewerley
1690 the viccaridge gate stead, Huddersfield. It was used also of places within farm buildings, and enclosures attached to them: 1546 a garden stede, Doncaster
1560 ‘le Baystede, one barn ... le Outshutte ... a small part of le Foldstede’. Dungworth
1572 grownde to be used for a dongesteade, Barnbow in Barwick
1573 for one middenstead, Doncaster
1578 a jettie and a mowsteade in my overbarne, Newton in Bowland
1590 my wief to have the thirde parte, with one stacke stead, Abbotside
1586 ‘One le Fronstead or curtilage’, Aiskew
1621 one fotheringe stead, Glaisdale
1642 the staddlestead wheare the stooke stood, Elmswell
1651 a sufficient Yate stead being a common way in a place called Hurwood Yate
1711 a milking stead, Kirkby Malzeard. Localities associated with water mills or access to water include: 1472 ‘a parcel of land called le Damestede’, Wombwell
1507 as myche coste of mendyng of the watteryng-stede as men goys to the Dringhowses, York
1579 one wearesteade in the side of the becke, Dewsbury
1604 a passable foard or wath-stead for cart and carriage, Topcliffe.