English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Stepnell Spinney

Early-attested site in the Parish of Daventry

Historical Forms

  • Stepenhul 1343 XtCh

Etymology

Stepnell Spinney (6″) is Stepenhul 1343 XtCh, Stepenhul , Stepunhull , 15thDaventry . 'Steep hill,' a compound of hyll and OE  stēap . This may possibly be one of the two 'little beorgas ' mentioned in the Badby Charter (supra 10).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement