▁to ▁be ▁using ▁pack - hor se ▁routes ▁over ▁the ▁high ▁country , ▁with ▁the ▁aim ▁of ▁reaching ▁Derby . ▁Stone ▁was ▁also ▁strateg ic ▁in ▁prevent ing ▁any ▁break - away ▁Jacob ite ▁group ▁going ▁across ▁to ▁Wales ▁to ▁rec ruit ▁more ▁men ▁there . ▁ ▁But ▁with ▁winter ▁coming ▁on , ▁the ▁Jacob ites ▁decided ▁to ▁retre at ▁back ▁to ▁Scotland . ▁ ▁Stone ▁Urban ▁District ▁was ▁an ▁urban ▁district . ▁It ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁Stone ▁civil ▁parish ▁which ▁equ ates ▁to ▁the ▁town ▁of ▁Stone . ▁There ▁were ▁two ▁am end ments ▁in ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁Stone ▁R ural ▁parish ▁in ▁Stone ▁R ural ▁District ▁were ▁transferred ▁in . ▁The ▁district ▁was ▁abol ished ▁by ▁the ▁Local ▁Government ▁Act ▁ 1 9 7 2 , ▁and ▁replaced ▁with ▁Staff ord ▁Bor ough ▁Council ▁and ▁Stone ▁Town ▁Council . ▁The ▁latter ▁publish es ▁a ▁history ▁of ▁Stone . ▁ ▁Et ym ology ▁ ▁The ▁place - name ' s ▁meaning ▁is ▁exactly ▁what ▁is ▁stated , ▁a ▁" stone , ▁rock ", ▁from ▁the ▁Old ▁English ▁st ā n ▁( stone ). ▁ ▁The ▁local ▁story ▁is ▁that ▁the ▁town ▁was ▁named ▁after ▁the ▁p ile ▁of ▁stones ▁taken ▁from ▁the ▁River ▁Tr ent ▁raised ▁on ▁the ▁gra ves ▁of ▁the ▁two ▁princes , ▁R uff in ▁and ▁W ulf ad , ▁killed ▁in ▁AD ▁ 6 6 5 ▁by ▁their ▁father , ▁King ▁W ulf here ▁of ▁Mer cia , ▁because ▁of ▁their ▁conversion ▁to ▁Christian ity . ▁However