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.

Tunstead

Early-attested site in the Parish of Chapel en le Frith

Historical Forms

  • Tunsted(e) 1251 DbAv 1441 BelCh
  • Tunstedes Hy3 For 1327 SR
  • Tounsted 1285,1286 For

Etymology

Tunstead, Tunsted (e )1251 DbA v, 1441BelCh et passim , Tunstedes Hy 3For (p), 1327 SR (p), Tounsted 1285, 1286For (p).'Farmstead', v. tūn-stede, cf. Tunstead infra 180.