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.

Stanton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Stanton and Newhall

Historical Forms

  • Stantun 968 SaltCh 1086 DB
  • Stantona, Stanton(e) c.1100,1114 BurtCh 1150–9 Burton 1185 BurtCh 1292 Burton
  • Stanton Ward(e) 1369,1388 Cor 1410 DuLa 1431 FA 1547 Bemrose 1577 DbAi
  • Staunton 1285 Ch 1307 Cl 1330 QW
  • Wardestauntone 1330 Ass
  • Stauntonwarde 1330 Ass 1346 Cor
  • de la Warde 1330 Ass

Etymology

'Stony farm', v. stān , tūn ; for Ward (e ), cf. Ida widow of Robert de la Warde 1330Ass .

Places in the same Parish