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Survey of English Place-Names

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Stonepit Hills

Early-attested site in the Parish of Weston on the Green

Historical Forms

  • Staindelfe 1139 Godstow c.1450

Etymology

Stonepit Hills. References to quarries in this region are frequent.Stone pit ground in the Tithe Award for Bletchingdon corresponds to Staindelfe 1139 (c. 1450) Godstow (v. stān-(ge)delf).