I thought perhaps enough had been said on this subject when it occurred to me that the place name Stanton crops up a bit in Wiltshire, a county renowned for two famous stone circles and sarsen drifts. The ones that spring to mind are Stanton Fitzwarren in north Wiltshire and Stanton St Bernard in the heart of Pewsey Vale; both villages would have had their suffixes added at a later date.

I found this on a website about the origins of names which is both interesting and relevant:

Recorded in a number of spellings including Stanton, Stannton, Staniton, Staunton, Steinton, Stinton, and possibly others, this is one of the earliest of all surnames. It is English and locational from any of the places called Stanton, Stainton, Stinton or Staunton, as recorded in the famous Domesday Book of 1086. However spelt they usually derive from the Old English pre 7th century words "stan or stein", meaning stone, and "tun", a settlement or village, and would describe a settlement situated on stony ground. However, Stanton Harcourt in Oxfordshire, and Stanton Drew in Somerset are probably so named in reference to their proximity to prehistoric stone monuments