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Survey of English Place-Names

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Stone (Fm)

Early-attested site in the Parish of Pamphill

Historical Forms

  • tethinga de la Stane 1268 Ass
  • (vill' de) (la) Stone 1280,1288 ib
  • Stone c.1500 Fry
  • Stoune 1523 AddCh 1547 DLMB 1551 DLCt
  • Wymborne Stone 1564 Glyn
  • Stone Ho 1863 Hutch3

Etymology

Stone (Fm) (SU 003007), tethinga de la Stane 1268Ass , (vill ' de ) (la ) Stone 1280, 1288ib , Stone c.1500Fry et passim , Stoune 1523AddCh , 1547DLMB , 1551DLCt , Wymborne Stone 1564Glyn , Stone Ho 1863 Hutch3, 'the stone', v. stān . The reference is perhaps to a bdy stone; the place is situated on the road to Blandford F. (Stone Lane 6″) ⅓ mile from the present borough bdy of Wimborne M.