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.

Stevenstone Ho

Early-attested site in the Parish of St Giles in the Wood

Historical Forms

  • Steveneston(e) 1242 Fees779 1376 Exon
  • Stepheneston t.Ed3 Ass
  • Stepheniston 1346 FA
  • Stenson 1630 Westcote

Etymology

This name probably goes back to some post-Conquest owner Stephen . Cf. the same name infra 456.