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Survey of English Place-Names

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Stainland

Major Settlement in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Stanland 1086 DB 1386 YDi
  • Staineland 13,a.1284 YDi
  • Stayneland 1298 WCR 1379 PT
  • Stainland(e), Staynland(e) 13 YDvi 1275–1306 WCR c.1300 YDi 1356 FF 1604 FF
  • Staynlond 1496 FF
  • Staneland(e) 1504 Ipm 1507 YDi 1577 Holinshed
  • Steanland 1597 FF

Etymology

'Stony stretch of land', v. stān (replaced by ON  steinn), land .On the later Stane - forms, cf. Phonol. § 11.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name