Abbeystead

See also: abbeystead

Contents

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From the Old French abeie or abbeie, meaning abbey, and the Old English stede, meaning place or site. Combined to mean "the site of the abbey" or "estate owned by the abbey".

Proper nounEdit

Abbeystead

1. A village in Lancashire

ReferencesEdit

• Mills, David (1976), “Directory of Place Names”, in The Place Names of Lancashire, London: Batsford Books, →ISBN, page 53