Stoneacton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Rushbury
Historical Forms
- Staniacton' 1242 Fees
- Stoniacton 1299 RH
- Acton' 1255–6 Ass
- Stonacton' 1261–2 ForProc
- Stone Acton 1578–9 SBL
- Stoneacton 1901 OS6
Etymology
This is one of eight Sa instances of the name Acton, 'oak settlement'.The whole corpus of Acton names is discussed in Part 1, 1–7. The prefix to the Rushbury example is stānig 'stony'.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Lakehouse
- Longville in the Dale
- Lushcott
- Court Ho
- Musgreve
- Oak Wd, Oakwood Fm
- Ape Dale
- Coats
- Gilberries
- Stanway
- Wilderhope
- The Ditches
- Lutwyche
Other OS name
- The Larches
- Longville Coppice
- New Pltn
- Oakham
- Sapling Coppice
- Warwicks Head
- The Wood
- Woodside
- Black Wd
- Coats Wd
- Crab Wd
- Heath Brook
- Heath Common
- Hedgefields Barn
- High Wd
- Manor Fm
- Roman Bank
- Hill End
- Sharpstones
- Wondrell Coppice
- Brook Ho
- Coley Brook
- Hargrove Wd, Hargrove Cottage and Hargrove Fm
- Lutwyche Arms Inn
- Peartree
- Plough Inn
- Wallsbank
- Bloemfontain Gorse
- The Bog
- Brick Kiln Pltn
- Crowfield Pltn
- Fegg
- Greens Rough
- Hope's Cross
- Murder Pool
- Pilgrim Cottage and Pilgrim Lane
- Pudding Bag
- Rickhouse Coppice
- Wilderhope Coppice
- Wrensnest
- The Yeld
Major Settlement
Field
- Bank Pce ( s )
- Barn Yd
- Brook Lsw
- Brown Fd
- Chandlers Yd
- Cinderhurst
- Cold Land Mdw
- Coppice Lsw
- Cross Fd
- Finny Pce
- Franks Pce
- Gorsty Bank
- The Green Fds
- Hay wards Fd
- Hell Hole Ground
- Hill End Bank
- Hill Fd
- Holly Rough
- The Hooks
- Meadow
- Mill Lsw
- The Patch
- The Royals
- Spout Lsw
- The Upper Hill
- Upper Ox Lsw
- Wards Mdw
- The Bank
- Brook Mdw
- Broomfield
- Coat Lsw
- Les Cockshutts
- Fern Ground
- Greenhoe Fd
- Holly Bank
- Home Close
- Horse Pool House
- Lutwyche 's Yd
- Mapers Mdw
- Nether Field
- Ox Lsw
- Seven Acre Cow Pasture
- Stocking
- Stoney Mdw
- Three Acre Cow Pasture
- Upper Mdw