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.

Stainsacre

Early-attested site in the Parish of Whitby

Historical Forms

  • Stainsaker 1090–6 YCh
  • Stainsecre, Stainsecher, Staynseker c.1110 Whitby 1145–8 YCh e.14,1395 Whitby
  • Steinsecher, Steinseker 1155–65 Whitby 1181 P
  • Stanesacher 1177 P
  • Stanseker 1611 NR

Etymology

'Stein's field' from the ON  pers. name Steinn and akr. ON  ekra (a by-form of akr ) occurs in some of the spellings.