cant find any databases with any meanings of my surname
Please, if there is anybody out there who could help me to locate a website with any info relating to the meaning or origin of my surname--which is STANYER . thank you
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No website, but maybe an explanation:

Stanyer = Stonehewer

This is what P.H.Reaney, A Dictionary of Surnames, Oxford 1997 has. His references go back to the 13th century.

Andy ;—)
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