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.

Stonebury

Early-attested site in the Parish of Little Hormead

Historical Forms

  • Stanes 1086 DB
  • Stoneberi 1220 Fees
  • Stonbury 1343 DeedsEnrolled 1353 FF

Etymology

Stonebury is Stanes 1086 DB, Stoneberi 1220 Fees, Stonbury 1343Deeds Enrolled , 1353FF . 'At the stone.' For the later bury , v. burh and infra 243.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site