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.

Stonelink

Early-attested site in the Parish of Fairlight

Historical Forms

  • Stanling c.1210,c.1215,c.1225 Pens 1279 Ass
  • Stanlinke c.1240 Pens
  • Stonling 1262 Ass
  • Stonlink(e) c.1270 Pens 1368 Add
  • Stanlinch 1274 RH
  • Stonelinch 1610 Norden 1634 SAC33,110

Etymology

v. stan , hlinc . The place is on a fairly steep slope.

Places in the same Parish