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.

Stools

Other OS name in the Parish of Dent

Historical Forms

  • the Stowll 1592 Comm
  • Stow 1637 PR

Etymology

, the Stowll 1592Comm , Stow 1637PR , v. stōl ' a stool, a seat ' , here used of rocks on the top of a hill , much in the same way as ON  sǽti is in Lord's Seat 62supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement