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.

Noonstones

Other OS name in the Parish of Alston

Historical Forms

  • Ninistanes 1479 Hexham

Etymology

[ ni·ənstæns ] is Ninistanes 1479Hexham . v. nigon , stān .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement