Stildon Manor
Early-attested site in the Parish of Rock
Historical Forms
- Stilladun c.957 BCS1007 11th
- Stilledune 1086 DB
- Stillindon 1275 SR
- Stildon 1332 SR 1631 QSR
Etymology
This is a difficult name and we can only explain it if we assume that Stilladun is a late OE form for Stillandūn , which would explain the later Stillindon . A pers. name Stilla is not found in OE but it would be a regular cognate to the names containing OGer *stilja quoted by Förstemann (PN 1364), of which we have a derivative in the well-known Vandal name Stil (l )ico . The name must originally have been a nickname denoting the still or quiet one, cf. the OGer names Stilla , Stillina used of women.Hence 'Stilla's hill' (v. dun ).