Originally Posted by
ATNotts
Probably not, put perhaps Stansted
I wonder why it is that London's third airport is mis-spelt so regularly, not just in these forums, but also throughout the media. Is there some sort of glitch in spell checking software. Curiously, not far from me there is a road "Stanstead Avenue" which is surely another example.
Old English place names are a bit of a minefield: Stansted Mountfitchet after which the airport is named is not too far from Stanstead Abbotts, so perhaps your "Stanstead Avenue" example is not an error.