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.

Corstone

Early-attested site in the Parish of Broadwood Kelly

Historical Forms

  • Corbineston 1242 Fees784
  • Corbeston 1373 IpmR
  • Corpyston 1445 IpmR

Etymology

It takes its name from Peter Corbin who held the manor in 1242. v. tun and IPN 118, 132.