Stapleford, Bruen Stapleford & Foulk Stapleford
Early-attested site in the Parish of Tarvin
Historical Forms
- Stapleford 1086 DB 1243 Sheaf 17 ChRR 1335
- Stapleforde 1404(1581),1538 ib
- Stappleforde 1539 Sheaf
- Stapelford 1190 Orm2 e13 1219 BW 1599 Orm2
- Stepelford c.1219 BW
- Fouk-Stapelton, Stapelton 1354 BPR
- Stableford 1632,1646,1691,1719,1783 Sheaf 1697 AddCh
Etymology
'Ford marked by a pillar', v. stapol , ford , cf. Ford Bridge infra .There is one instance of an alternative name 'farmstead by a pillar', from stapol and tūn .
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