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Survey of English Place-Names

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Little Stainton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Bishopton

Historical Forms

  • parua steintun 1153×75 Spec
  • parva Steintona 1153×95 Finc
  • p'ua staintu' 1233×44 Spec
  • Parva Staynton' 1284 Finc 1485 Pont 1510–1535 Finc 1577 CC
  • Parva Stanton 1478×9 Finc
  • Staynton Parva 1458–1512,1546,1622,1625 IPM
  • Staynten Parva 1500 IPM
  • Stainton Parv 1568–1628 ib
  • Litil Staynton 1366 Halm
  • Litilstaynton 1489×90 Finc
  • Lytylstaynton 1397 IPM
  • Lytle Staynton 1593 Wills
  • Little Stainton 1621–1633 IPM 1670 DX667/117

Etymology

'Little Stantun ', Latin parva, OE  lytel + p.n. Stantun (OE  stān + tūn ) as in Great Stainton NZ 3322. The sp has been influenced by ON  steinn .In the second half of the 13 cent. ei became ai which then became the standard form (Jordan §95). The village lies on sand and gravel and must take its name from nearby Great Stainton (v. infra ) on the Roman road from Dinsdale to Durham, Margary no. 80a.