Belstone
Major Settlement in the Parish of Belstone
Historical Forms
- Bellestam (sic) 1086 DB
- Belstana 1166 LN
- Belestan 1167 P 1231 Pat 1254 FF
- Belestone 1259 Exon
- Belston 1292 Ipm
- Ballestan 1238 Ass
Etymology
A compound of OE belle , 'bell,' and stan. According to LGS 96, “the bellstone was a remarkably fine logan rock that rolled like a ship in a gale…It has been thrown down and broken up by quarrymen.”
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