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Survey of English Place-Names

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Stainsbro' Hall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Callow

Historical Forms

  • Stayn(e)sburgh 1415 DuLaMB 1420 CPG 17th
  • Staynsborough(e), Staynsbroughe 1610 DuLa

Etymology

Stainsbro' Hall, Stayn (e )sburgh 1415DuLaMB , 1420 (17th) CPG , Stanisboroughes 1563 Lane, Staynsborough (e ), Staynsbroughe 1610DuLa .'Steinn's fortification', v. burh ; cf. Stainsby supra 270 and Stenson infra 616 for the same ON pers.n.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement