Staunton

Staunton

Staunton, usually ‘farmstead on stony ground, or one near a standing stone’, OE stān + tūn; examples include: Staunton Glos., near Hartpury. Stantun 972, 1086 (DB). Staunton on Arrow Herefs. Stantun 958, Stantune 1086 (DB). Arrow is an ancient pre-Celtic river-name of uncertain meaning.

However the following has a different origin: Staunton on Wye Herefs. Standune 1086 (DB). ‘Stony hill’. OE stān + dūn. For the river-name, see Ross on Wye.

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ar·row / ˈarō/ • n. a shaft sharpened at the front and with feathers or vanes at the back, shot from a bow as a weapon or for sport. ∎  a mark or sign resembling an arrow, used to show direction or position; a pointer: we drove in the main gate and followed a series of arrows.

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arrow Late OE. ar(e)we — ON. *arw-, nom. ǫr (g. sg., pl. ǫrvar), rel. to Goth. arhwazna arrow, — Gmc. base *arχw- :- IE. *arkw-, whence also L. arcus bow, ARC.

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T. F. HOAD. "arrow." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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Arrow Warwicks. Arne [sic] 710, Arue 1086 (DB). Named from the River Arrow, a Celtic or pre-Celtic river-name meaning simply ‘stream’.

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Arrow (river) Herefs., see Staunton on Arrow.

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