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Survey of English Place-Names

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Stony Lawn (Ctgs)

Other OS name in the Parish of Winterborne Kingston

Historical Forms

  • Stoney Lds in Common 1842 TA

Etymology

, Stoney Lds in Common 1842TA , v. land ; Ston ( e ) y may represent stānig ' stony ' , cf. Stonye acre 13Salis , v. æcer , but it could be a reduced form of Stoneshey 1452Midd , ' Stone's enclosure ' , cf. John atte Stone 1332 SR , Thomas Stone 1409Midd , v. atte , stān , (ge)hæg .