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.

Stone

Major Settlement in the Parish of Stone

Historical Forms

  • Stanes 1086 DB 1212 Fees140 1275,1327 SR
  • Stone 1346 FA

Etymology

It is impossible to say just what these stones or rocks were.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site