English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Marvel Stones

Other OS name in the Parish of Peak Forest

Historical Forms

  • Kemp(e)stanes Hy3 For

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , 1827 Guide , probably Kemp (e )stanes Hy 3For ; in spite of - p - most likely ' Cemmi's stones ' , v. stān ; the same man gave his name to the stones and the nearby hill , cf. Kempshill Fmsupra 159 .