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

Major Settlement in the Parish of Stone

Historical Forms

  • Stanes 1086 DB c.1218 WellsL 1219 Bract c.1220 WellsR
  • Staines Hyiii ADi
  • Stanes juxta Ayllesbur' 1286 Orig
  • Stone Eii ADiv 1324 Cl 1344 Ipm
  • Stane 1320 Ch

Etymology

OE  stānas , 'stones,' the reference being to some boundary or other stones, possibly those that marked the Hundred meeting-place.

Places in the same Parish