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.

Stanborough Ho

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halwell

Historical Forms

  • Stanbergh 1281 Ass
  • Stanburgh(e) 1285 FA 1475 IpmR
  • Stoneburgh 1503 Ipm

Etymology

'Stone hill,' v. beorh . There is an ancient camp here which may have been the site of the Hundred meeting-place, v. supra 288.