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Manstone Fm, Manstone Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Yattendon

Historical Forms

  • Manstone 1761 Rocque

Etymology

, Manstone 1761 Rocque ; Symo de Manestune , mentioned 1220 RSO in connection with a chapel at Sindlesham , may have come from here , but he is perhaps more likely to have derived his surname from one of the better - documented places called Manstone in Do , K and YW . The name means ' Man(n)'s farm ' .