Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Stantone 1086 DB 1240 Sarum

• Stanton' 1280 Ass

• Staunton(') 1268 Ass 1280 ib

• Staunton(')juxta Whytechurch 1282 Drew 1288 Ass 1546 Ct

• Stanton Oydrock (sic, probably for Cydiock) 1277 Banco

• Staunton Pyk' 1357 Arundell

• Staunton Gabriell 1434 FF Eliz ChancP

• Staunton Gabriel 1465 IpmR

• Stawnton' Gabriell 1576 Poul

• Stanton-Gabriel 1774 Hutch1

• Stanton St Gabriel 1811 OS

• Gabriells Tithing 1664 HTax

Etymology

'Stone farmstead', that is either 'stone-built farmstead' or 'farmstead on stony ground', v. stān , tūn . The current affix is from the dedication of the church here, v. St Gabriel's Church (in ruins) infra . The 13th-cent. form Stanton Oydrock , confirmed as belonging here by Drew, is almost certainly a misreading for Stanton Cydiock , a reference to Chideock which borders Stanton on the E (both places having been anciently within Whitchurch C. par.). The 14th-cent. affix Pyk ' is manorial, cf. Thomas Pike , lord of the manor in 1464 Hutch3 2265. The tithing of Stanton is Gabriells Tithing 1664 HTax, cf. also Gabrielleslane in Chideock par. supra .