Banbury Stone
Early-attested site in the Parish of Kemerton
Historical Forms
- Baenintesburg 779 BCS232 18th
- Bænincgesbyrig 972 10th ib
- Benbury-stone 1779 Rudder
Etymology
Banbury Stone, Baenintesburg 779 (18th) BCS 232, Bænincgesbyrig 972 (10th) ib 1282, Benbury-stone 1779 Rudder, from an unrecorded OE pers.n. Bæning (cf. Wo 196), v. burh 'fort', which here refers to the great encampment on the top of Bredon Hill; the stone is a great mass of rock at its centre.