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.

Stainborough Castle

Other OS name in the Parish of Silkstone

Historical Forms

  • Staynbroughe Lawe 1613 Edmunds
  • Staneburghe Lawe, Stayneburghe Lawe 1545 TestLds 1610 FF
  • ye Lawe 1615 Edmunds

Etymology

, ' the castle ruins called Staynbroughe Lowe ' , Staynbroughe Lawe 1613 Edmunds, Staneburghe Lawe , Stayneburghe Lawe 1545 TestLds, 1610FF, ye Lawe 1615 Edmunds , an earthwork , v. castel , hlāw ' mound ' , cf. Stainborough supra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site