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.

Bishopstone

Early-attested site in the Parish of Stone

Historical Forms

  • Bissopeston 1227 FF

Etymology

'Bishop's farm,' probably so called because it was that part of the manor of Stone, which was held by Odo, Bishop of Bayeux, TRW. If so, it is a remarkable example of a place- name created by a very brief tenure of an estate.

Places in the same Parish