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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.

Stubcroft Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of East and West Wittering

Historical Forms

  • Stubcroft 1548 SRS19,234
  • Stubbecroft 1555 CtRequests

Etymology

Stubcroft Fm is Stubcroft 1548 (SRS 19, 234), Stubbecroft 1555 (Ct Requests ). 'Croft by the stubbed trees.' v. stubb , croft .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement