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.

Stantor

Early-attested site in the Parish of Marldon

Historical Forms

  • Stantora 1166 RBE
  • Stantorr 1275 RH 1436 BM
  • Stontor(r)e 1242 Fees767

Etymology

'Stone hill,' v. torr . According to Mr Watkin there is no outcrop of stone here, but there may once, as he suggests, have been a monolith or sacred stone here.