Whitestone
Major Settlement in the Parish of Whitestone
Historical Forms
- (on) hwita stane c.1100 Earle
- Whitestan 1238 Ass
- Whyteston 1303 Ass
- Whytston 1297 Pat
- Witestan, Witestani 1086 DB
- Witestan 1219 FF
- Wittestone, Wytestane 1263 Exon
- Whiston 1333 Pap
Etymology
'At the white stone,' cf. Whitstone (Co), Witestan DB.