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.

Dunstone

Early-attested site in the Parish of Yealmpton

Historical Forms

  • Donestantona 1086 DB(Exon)
  • Donestanestone
  • Dunestaneston 1201 FF
  • Dunstanestun 1204 Cur
  • Dunstaneston juxta Ermyngton 1325 Ass
  • Dunston in the parish of Yalmeton 1489 Ipm

Etymology

'Dunstan's tun.'