| Stanah is the place that has had the most name changes of all the Hamlets in Thornton. 1786: Stena 1818: Steno 1829: Stena or Steno 1847: Steyna 1950: Stanah Mainly an agricultural area it was also home to a Sawyer (wood worker) and Brick Maker in 1840. |
The Vikings or Norsemen consisted mainly of the following countries: Sweden, Norway, Iceland, and Denmark. In Swedish and Norwegian 'Stena' means stone, as in to pelt with stones or to kill with stones. In Danish the same meaning is 'Sten' and in Icelandic it is 'stein'. Perhaps Stanah as it know today was once inhabited by people particularly fond of defending themselves by throwing stones ? From a History of the Fylde and Lancashire - John Porter 1876 In an ancient survey of the Hundred of Arnounderness, completed in the year 1346, it is stated that the following gentlemen had possessions in the place called Stena, or Stainall, in Thornton, at the rentals specified :—John de Staynolfe held four oxgangs of land, at four shillings and sixpence ; Roger de Northcrope, one messuage and one oxgang, at sevenpence halfpenny ; Sir Adam Banastre, knt., five acres, at fourpence ; Thomas, the son of Robert Staynolfe, one messuage and one oxgang, at sevenpence half- penny ; William Lawrence, a fourth part of an oxgang, at sixteen pence ; Thomas Travers, a fourth part of an oxgang,. at sixteen pence ; John Botiler, a fourth part of an oxgang, at sixteen pence ; and Richard Doggeson, five acres, at sixpence. |