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.

Parkstone

Major Settlement in the Parish of Parkstone

Historical Forms

  • Parkeston(e) 1326 FF 1463 MinAcct 1543 Ct
  • manor of (Kyneston or) Parkestone 1494 Ipm
  • (camp' de) Parkyston 1529 Ct
  • Parkston(e) c.1586 Tres
  • Parkson 1774 Hutch1

Etymology

probably simply 'the park (boundary) stone', from park and stān , perhaps with reference to an early park in the manor of Canford, cf. Canford Park in Canford Magna par. supra , v. Kinson par. supra .

Places in the same Parish