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.

Stone

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ham & Stone

Historical Forms

  • Stane 1204 P 1221 Ass 1287 QW 1439 IpmR
  • La Stane 1261 FF
  • Stanes 1248 Ass c.1250 Berk
  • Stone c.1315 Berk 1373 Ipm 1600 FF
  • Stone iuxta Berkeleye, Stone iuxta Berkele 1311,1320,1346 FF
  • Nether Stone, Ouer Stone 1575 TRMB

Etymology

'The stone v. stān .