Tunstall

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proper noun

A small village in Roos parish, East Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref TA3032).

Less commonScrabble 8

Meanings

proper nounTunstall (countable and uncountable, plural Tunstalls)

plural Tunstalls

  1. A number of places in England:
    1. countableuncountableA small village in Roos parish, East Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref TA3032).
    2. countableuncountableA village and civil parish south of Sittingbourne, Swale district, Kent (OS grid ref TQ8961).
    3. countableuncountableA small village and civil parish in Lancaster district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD6073).
    4. countableuncountableA small village in Halvergate parish, Broadland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG4108).
    5. countableuncountableA hamlet in Newby parish, North Yorkshire, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref NZ5212).
    6. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE2195).
    7. countableuncountableA hamlet in Adbaston parish, Stafford borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ7727).
    8. countableuncountableA town in the City of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, one of the Potteries (OS grid ref SJ864516).
    9. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM3655).
    10. countableuncountableA suburban village between Ryhope and New Silksworth, Metropolitan Borough of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear (OS grid ref NZ3953).
  2. countableuncountableA locality in the Rural Municipality of Enterprise, No. 142, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  3. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishtūn“enclosure; settlement, town”
  2. EnglishTunstall

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

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APA

Tunstall. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tunstall

MLA

“Tunstall.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tunstall. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tunstall,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tunstall.

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