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.

Stonybrough

Early-attested site in the Parish of Thirsk

Historical Forms

Steinhouberg 1243–8 Guis

Etymology

'Hill with the rock mound' v. steinn , haugr , berg . For the modern form cf. Stony Keld 305infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement