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.

County Stone

Other OS name in the Parish of Dent

Historical Forms

  • the Countie stone 1577 Holinshed
  • Countingstone 1592 Comm

Etymology

, 1695 M , the Countie stone 1577Holinshed, Countingstone 1592Comm , a stone marking the junction of the boundaries of Yorkshire , Lancashire and Westmorland .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement