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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.

Orestone Cross

Other OS name in the Parish of Kingskerswell

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) . No early form has been noted but , as it is on the parish boundary , the analogy of OarStone infra 519 suggests that we have here OE  hārstān , ' grey ' or ' boundary stone , ' v. har , stan .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement