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.

All Saints Church

Other OS name in the Parish of Great Stainton

Historical Forms

  • ecclesie de Staynton 1304 Bek
  • ecclesia(rum) de … Staynton' in Strata 1312,1314 RPD
  • ecclesia(rum) de Stainton in Strata 1313 ib
  • ecclesias de … Staynton' in strata 1438×9 Vis
  • the Churche yard of Stayntone 1563 Wills

Etymology

: ecclesie de Staynton 1304 Bek, ecclesia (rum )deStaynton ' in Strata 1312, 1314 RPD, ecclesia (rum ) de Stainton in Strata 1313ib, ecclesias deStaynton ' in strata 1438×9 Vis, the Churche yard of Stayntone 1563 Wills .