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Survey of English Place-Names

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Stoneycroft

Other OS name in the Parish of Kniveton

Historical Forms

  • Stanecroft c.1260 BelCh
  • le Stonicroft c.1270,1335 ib
  • Stony Croft 1651 DbAxiii

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , Stanecroft c. 1260BelCh , le Stonicroft c. 1270, 1335 ib,Stony Croft 1651 DbA xiii , v. stānig , croft .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement