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.

Sprunston

Other OS name in the Parish of St Cuthbert Without

Historical Forms

  • Sproustane (sic) close 1485 Ipm
  • Spyrnstones 1568 LRMB
  • Sprunston 1602 PR(Dalston) 1686 Todd
  • Spurston 1816 Lysons

Etymology

is Sproustane (sic)close 1485 Ipm, Spyrnstones 1568LRMB , Sprunston 1602 PR(Dalston), 1686Todd , Spurston 1816 Lysons . The second element is apparently stān .