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.

Stainmore

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bowes

Historical Forms

Steinmor c.1230 RogerofWendover

Steynemore, Staynemore 13 RichReg 1352 Pat 1540 Dugdiv.247

Steynmor, Stainmore 1279–81 QW 1487,1506 Sanct

Etymology

'Rocky moor' v. steinn , mor .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement