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.

Stainmoor

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kirkby Malzeard

Historical Forms

  • Stayn(e)more 1298 YI 1310 Ebor 1376 Ipm 1619 FF

Etymology

Stainmoor, Stayn (e )more 1298 YI, 1310 Ebor, 1376 Ipm, 1619 FF.'Rocky moorland', v. steinn , mōr .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site