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.

Stankerhill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Papplewick

Historical Forms

  • Stankyrhill t.Hy2 NewsteadB t.Hy6 Newstead
  • Stanker Hil t.Ed3 Map
  • Stankerhill 16th Dugdvi

Etymology

Stankerhill is Stankyrhill t. Hy 2NewsteadB , t. Hy 6Newstead , Stanker Hil t. Ed 3Map , Stankerhill 16th Dugd vi. There is no likelihood of anything but small stones here, so the name perhaps means 'hill by the stony marsh,' v. stan , kiarr .