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.

Stainton

Other OS name in the Parish of Muncaster

Historical Forms

  • magna Staneton 1569 FF
  • Stainton 1769 Sykes

Etymology

is magna Staneton 1569 FF, Stainton 1769Sykes . ' Stone tūn , ' v. stān ( or steinn ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement