Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Manestone 1086 DB 1348 ShaftR 15

• Manestun' 13 1269 Ch

• Maneston(') 1230,1232 Cl 1244 Ass 1259 Pap 1268 Ass 1340 NI

• Maneston' in Redelane 1288 Ass

• Manneston(') 1196 ChancR 1235–6,1242–3 Fees 1244 Ass

• Manneston(') als. Manston 1535–43 Leland

• Manston(') 1268 Ass 1285 FA 1288 Ass

• Manstone 1285 FA 1332 SR 1351 Shaft c.1407

• Mainston 1291 Tax

• Maunston 1330 Ipm

Etymology

'Man(n)'s farm', from the OE  pers.n. Man (n ) and tūn, cf. Manston YW 4115 which is probably identical in origin.Redelane is Redlane hundred supra . It may be of interest to note that a Henry le Man is listed as a tax-payer in Manston in 1327SR and 1332 SR, although his surname is probably to be derived from man (n ) in the sense 'servant' rather than from Man (n ).