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.

Stein Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of East Dean

Historical Forms

  • Stene 1246 Box70

Etymology

This is from OE  stǣne , 'stony place' as noted more fully under Steine infra 292. v. Addenda xlv.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement