Etymology

Stony Stratford

Today it means: A suburban town and civil parish with a town council in Milton Keynes borough, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP7940). Full definition →

Old English stānig
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  1. Old English · derived fromstānig“stony”
  2. English todayStony Stratford

Recorded as Stani Stratford in 1202; from Old English stānig (“stony”)

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.