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.

Stainton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kingmoor

Historical Forms

  • Steinton 1225 ClR
  • by Edene 1285 Ipm
  • iuxta Karlin 1292 Ass
  • Magna 1577 FF
  • Stanton 1421 Pat
  • Stenton 1602 Border

Etymology

A Scandinavianised form of OE  stān -tūn , 'stone enclosure or farm,' v. Introduction.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement