Enstone
English edit
Etymology edit
From the Old English personal name Enna + stān (“stone”), from a standing stone which was part of ancient neolithic tomb.
Proper noun edit
Enstone (countable and uncountable, plural Enstones)
- A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP3724).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms edit
Statistics edit
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Enstone is the 18261st most common surname in England, belonging to 261 individuals.
References edit
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Enstone”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 530.
- Forebears
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in Oxfordshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Oxfordshire, England
- en:Places in England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English