Stone

/stəʊn/name
Early Childhood
1

An English occupational and habitational surname from Old English, for someone who lived near a stone worked with stone, from Old English stan.

2

A male given name.

3

A village in Stone with Bishopstone and Hartwell parish, Buckinghamshire, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP7811).

4

A village in Ham and Stone parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST6895).

5

A village and civil parish in Dartford borough, Kent (OS grid ref TQ5774).

6

A hamlet in Maltby parish, Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK5589).

7

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Stafford borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9034).

8

A village and civil parish in Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO8575).

9

An unincorporated community in California.

10

An unincorporated community in Indiana.

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