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.

Sweetstone

Other OS name in the Parish of Blackawton

Historical Forms

  • Sweteston 1330 SR

Etymology

is Sweteston 1330SR (p) . The first element appears to be the ordinary adjective , here possibly used as a ME pers. name .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement