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.

Stainton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Stainton

Historical Forms

Steintun, Esteintona 1086 DB

Etymology

'Enclosure or farm built of stone' v. steinn , tun .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement