Stainton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Stainton
Historical Forms
- Stantun, Stantone 1086 DB 13 Lewes295d
- Stainton(a), Staynton(a) c.1130–40 YCh c.1140 Nost73 1164–81 YCh 1199 Ch 1232 Nost46d c.1216 Ch 1270 YI 1277 KI 1285 WillY 1552
- Stoney Stainton 1739 YDr
- Staineton' 1249 RegAlbii,7
- Steintun, Steinton' 1196 P l.12 Lewes302 1202 FF 1208–13 Fees 1218 FF 1627 PRCnt
- Steneton 1375 YDxvi,89
- Stenton 1398 ib
Etymology
'Stone farmstead', v. stān (replaced by ON steinn), tūn . 'Stone' may denote that it was built of stone or to the fact that Stainton is 'situated in a fissure of the limestone rock' (Hnt i, 255), hence also the affix Stoney (v. stānig ).
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Ant Wood
- Batty Holt
- Bon Rood Holt
- Chapel Hole
- Crabtree Holt
- Crow Wood
- Field Lane
- Hanging Holt
- Hirst Lane
- Holme Hall
- Holme Hill
- Limekiln Grange
- Little Wood
- Mallin Croft Wood
- Out Moor Holt
- Red Dike Wood
- Ring Pond
- Ruddle Dike, Ruddle Hole, Ruddle Mill
- Sand Pit
- Scotch Spring Gate
- Stainton Bottoms
- Water Flats Wood
- Willow Garth
- Stainton Woodhouse
- Wood Lane