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.

Fourstones

Other OS name in the Parish of Bentham

Historical Forms

  • Fourstanes 1307 YI

Etymology

, Fourstanes 1307 YI , a boundary mark on the Lancashire border , v. fēower ' four ' , stān .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement