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.

Warstone

Early-attested site in the Parish of Shareshill

Historical Forms

  • Horeston 1300 For
  • Wereston 1428 FA
  • Horestones 1775 Yates

Etymology

Warstone, Horeston 1300 For, Wereston 1428 FA, Horestones 1775 Yates, 'the grey or boundary stone(s), v. hār 2 , stān .