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.

Dunstall Plantations

Other OS name in the Parish of Whissendine

Historical Forms

  • Dunstan Plantation 1861 Anc
  • Great Dunstan, Little Dunstan, Long Dunstan 1861 ib
  • Dunstall, Big Dunstalls 1943 Map
  • Dunston Close 1748 Terrier

Etymology

, Dunstan Plantation 1861Anc , Great Dunstan , Little Dunstan , Long Dunstan 1861ib , Dunstall , Big Dunstalls 1943Map ,Dunston Close 1748Terrier , probably from OE  tūn-stall ' the site ofa farmstead ' , cf. Dunston in Empingham f. ns . ( b ) , Dunston Hedge in Lyddington f. ns . ( b ) and Great Dunston Cl in Ketton f. ns . ( a ) where forms vary principally between Dunston and Dunstall .