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.

Stubbs

Early-attested site in the Parish of Darrington

Historical Forms

  • Stobbes 1296 LacyComp
  • Stubbes, Stubbez 1368,1486 MinAcct

Etymology

Stubbs, Stobbes 1296 LacyComp (p), Stubbes , Stubbez 1368, 1486MinAcct 26, 66, cf. also the spellings of Cridling Stubbs supra . v. stubb 'stump', Stubbs no doubt denoting 'a clearing where the tree- stumps were left'; cf. Hamphall Stubbs, Walden Stubbs 43, 53supra .