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.

Stony Flat

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bishopton

Historical Forms

  • Stane flat(t), (ye) Ston(e)y flat(t) 1661–1715 Shafto
  • Stone flatt 1714 Shafto
  • Little Stoney flatt 1714 Shafto

Etymology

Stony Flat, Stane flat (t ), (ye ) Ston (e )y flat (t )1661–1715Shafto , Stone flatt 1714Shafto , Little Stoney flatt 1714Shafto . OE  stānig + flat .