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.

Stapleash Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of West Dean

Historical Forms

  • Stapelers 1296,1327 SR

Etymology

Stapleash Fm is first so called in 1595 (SRS 14, 11), earlier Stapelers 1296, 1327 (SR) (p). 'erscmarked by a stapol.'

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement