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Resting Stone

Other OS name in the Parish of Clapham

Historical Forms

  • Restyngstanes 1205–11 Sawl11d

Etymology

, 1750Lord , Restyngstanes 1205–11Sawl 11d , from ME  resting ' place where one can rest ' and stān ; it is a boundary stone on the top of Black Hill where five townships meet ; parallels may be found in the f. ns . Resting Greaves and Resting bush i , 170 , 172 supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement