Stanhope

Meanings

1. A market town and civil parish in Weardale, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NY9939).
2. A suburb and civil parish in Ashford, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9940).
3. A small settlement in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, historically in Peeblesshire (OS grid ref NT1229).
4. An English habitational surname from Old English.
5. A male given name transferred from the surname, of rare usage.
6. A locality in the Singleton council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
7. A town in the Shire of Campaspe, northern Victoria, Australia.
8. A locale in Canada.
9. A village in Quebec.
10. A community in Prince Edward Island.
11. A settlement in Newfoundland.
12. A locale in the United States.

1. A gig, buggy or light phaeton, typically with a high seat and closed back.

1. A simple, one-piece microscope consisting of a cylinder of glass with each end curved outwards, one being more convex than the other
2. An optical device, typically embedded in a bijou, utilising a modified Stanhope lens for viewing microphotographs embedded in the device; invented by René Dagron

Etymology

The British placenames are from Old English stan (“stone”) + hōp (“valley”).