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"Staines must be on or near the site of the Roman station 'Ad Pontes,' or
'Pontibus'. It would seem, from the name, that here must have been the
earliest Roman bridge across the Thames, made perhaps before London
was all important . . . In the patent roles of Henry III, 29 July, 1228, is a
table of tolls which the warden ('custos') of Staines bridge may impose,
'in auxilium pontis de Stanes reparandi et emendandi.'"
'Pontibus'. It would seem, from the name, that here must have been the
earliest Roman bridge across the Thames, made perhaps before London
was all important . . . In the patent roles of Henry III, 29 July, 1228, is a
table of tolls which the warden ('custos') of Staines bridge may impose,
'in auxilium pontis de Stanes reparandi et emendandi.'"
-Henry Elliot Malden, Magna Carter Commemoration Essays (2005).
“Given by our hand in the meadow that is called Runnymede, between
Windsor and Staines, on the fifteenth day of June in the seventeenth
year of our reign.”
Windsor and Staines, on the fifteenth day of June in the seventeenth
year of our reign.”
-Magna Carta, (1215) (translated from Latin).
-Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Ed. (1911).
This map, from
1722, clearly shows
"Stanes" west of
London along the
northern bank of
the Thames. (click
for a larger image)
1722, clearly shows
"Stanes" west of
London along the
northern bank of
the Thames. (click
for a larger image)
This map, from
1646, is harder to
read, but "Stains" is
still visible. (click for
a larger image)
1646, is harder to
read, but "Stains" is
still visible. (click for
a larger image)
stān (n) [gen. stanes; pl. stanas] Stone.
-Tony Jebson, A Guide to Old English, University of Texas (1997).
-Jim Goddard, Addlestone Historical Society
"A British village was situated here at the crossing of the Thames on the
main road from London to south-western Britain, and the crossing was
certainly one of the earliest bridged. A grant of oaks from Windsor
forest for the repair of the bridge is recorded in 1262 . . . The name of
Staines appears in the Domesday Survey, and it has been supposed that
the town is so called from a stone which marks the limit of the former
jurisdiction of the City of London over the lower Thames."
main road from London to south-western Britain, and the crossing was
certainly one of the earliest bridged. A grant of oaks from Windsor
forest for the repair of the bridge is recorded in 1262 . . . The name of
Staines appears in the Domesday Survey, and it has been supposed that
the town is so called from a stone which marks the limit of the former
jurisdiction of the City of London over the lower Thames."
"The name of the town of Staines means 'stones' and it is thought to
come from a group of nine stones mentioned in a twelfth century
charter of Chertsey Abbey which delineated the boundaries of the Abbey
lands, and was reported in Up Pontes by Christine Lake . . . The charter
says this: 'Down to that Eyre that stands in the Thames at Lodders Lake
and so along Thames by mid-stream to Glenthuthe, from Glenhuthe by
mid-stream along Thames to the Huthe before Negen Stones'. ('Negen
stanes' is Saxon for 'nine stones') . . . If this was a prehistoric stone
circle, it is the only one known in the south-east of England".
come from a group of nine stones mentioned in a twelfth century
charter of Chertsey Abbey which delineated the boundaries of the Abbey
lands, and was reported in Up Pontes by Christine Lake . . . The charter
says this: 'Down to that Eyre that stands in the Thames at Lodders Lake
and so along Thames by mid-stream to Glenthuthe, from Glenhuthe by
mid-stream along Thames to the Huthe before Negen Stones'. ('Negen
stanes' is Saxon for 'nine stones') . . . If this was a prehistoric stone
circle, it is the only one known in the south-east of England".
The London Stone,
dating from 1285,
which marked the
jurisdiction of the
City of London over
the Themes as far
as Staines. It is
now on display at
the Spelthorne
Museum.
dating from 1285,
which marked the
jurisdiction of the
City of London over
the Themes as far
as Staines. It is
now on display at
the Spelthorne
Museum.