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.

Mainstone

Other OS name in the Parish of Heanton Punchardon

Historical Forms

  • Meyneston 1378 IpmR
  • Maynston 1400 DA

Etymology

is Meyneston 1378 IpmR, Maynston 1400 DA 20 . v. s. n. Mainstoneinfra 228 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement