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.

Stone Island

Other OS name in the Parish of Studland

Historical Forms

  • Stony or Grove Island 1774 Hutch1

Etymology

, 1774Hutch1 , 1811 OS , Stony or Grove Island 1774 Hutch1 , perhaps confused with Drove Island supra , v. stān , stānig , grāf(a) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement