English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Whetstone Bank

Other OS name in the Parish of Burton (detached)

Historical Forms

  • Whetstone 1803 WillQ 1846 TA

Etymology

, Whetstone 1803 WillQ, 1846TA , v. hwet-stān ' whetstone ' , doubtless referring to a place where such stones were got .