The story
- Old English · derived fromstān“stone”
- English todayStanion
Recorder as Stanere in the Domesday Book and as Stanerna in the Pipe rolls, the placename probably derives from Old English stān (“stone”) + earn (“house, cottage”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishstān all →
stoneStanleyStanfordpebbleStauntonstanhopeStonehamStansfieldStatonStowellStanmoreStansteadAxtonstandenstaneStanburyStanbridgeStanwixStandlakeStandonStanworthStofordstyen
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.