Stanton St Bernard
Major Settlement in the Parish of Stanton St Bernard
Historical Forms
- Stantun 903 BCS600 13th
- (æt) Stantune 957 13th ib
- Stantone 1086 DB 1268 Ass
- Stauntone 1275 RH
- Staunton Fits Herbard 1402 FA
- Staunton Barnarde 1553 Phillipps
- Stanton Barnard 1572 FF
Etymology
'Stone-farm,' v. stan , tun . One Erebertus held the manor in 1242 (Fees). The Fits Herbard of FA must have been a member of his family. No explanation of the Barnard addition has been found. To that unexplained addition an unauthorised saint has been prefixed.