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.

Wainstones

Other OS name in the Parish of Chapel en le Frith

Historical Forms

  • le Waynstones 1285 For
  • Wainestones 1640 DuLaSC

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , le Waynstones 1285For , Wainestones 1640DuLaSC , cf. Wainstones Crosse 1640Map , v. wægn , stān .