Etymology

Tunstall

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Today it means: A small village in Roos parish, East Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref TA3032). Full definition →

Old English tūn
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromtūn“enclosure; settlement, town”
  2. English todayTunstall

From Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”) + steall (“stable”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishtūn all →

wellingtonClaytonWilmingtonbartonLutonWhartonfinkPendletonPembertonTunbridgeCrichtonBeltonTorringtonRoystonPinkertonLeytonFramptonLoftonNaughtonBlytonTarletonConistonOultonTurtonColstonCheritonLoxtonLentonSymingtonOrmiston

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