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Survey of English Place-Names

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Stainbank Green

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Staynbanck e.13 MaryH51
  • Steyneban(c)ke-green(e), Stain(e)ban(c)k(e)-green(e) 1563 Kendiii,106 1582 PR(K) 1584 BRK 1823 M
  • Stanebankgreen 1706 CWiii,56
  • Stain(e)banke 16 PR(K)

Etymology

Stainbank Green, Staynbanck e.13MaryH 51, Steyneban (c )ke-green (e ), Stain(e)ban (c )k (e )-green (e )1563 Kend iii, 106, 1582 PR(K), 1584 BRKet passim to 1823 M, Stanebankgreen 1706 CW iii, 56. 'Stone bank', v. steinn , banke . Stainbank Green may be directly named from the numerous local family of Stain (e )banke (16 PR(K)freq ), who took their name from the older Stainbank . v. grēne 2 (cf. Cairus Green supra for the combination of grēne with a surn.).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement