English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Standing Stones

Early-attested site in the Parish of Egremont

Historical Forms

  • Stanes 1278 StB
  • Stanes de Egremund 1292 Ass
  • Standingstones 1628 Work

Etymology

v. stān .