Stapleton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Darrington
Historical Forms
- Stapleton(e) 1086 DB 1255 Ch
- Stapilton(a) 1136–40 Pont 1368 YCh1469 1379 MinAcct
- Stapelton(a), Stapeltun 1135–40 Pont Hy2 Ch 1230 YCh 1155–8 RBE 1166 Kirkst c.1170 Bodl74 1220–40 FA 1428
- Stepelton 1276 RH
- Stappleton 1558 WillY 1612,1624 PRDr
Etymology
This oft-repeated p.n. is from OE stapol 'pillar, post' and tūn 'farmstead'. Its precise significance is not certain but it could mean simply 'farmstead by a pole' or possibly 'a farm built with or on poles' (v. EPN ii, 146).
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- King's Standard Hill
- Park Fm & Park Wood
- Old Wood
- Went Bridge Ings
- West Field
- West Park
- Bank Wood
- Briery Field Wood
- Brockadale
- Castle Fm
- Frozen Well
- Hepworth Wood
- Home Fm
- Kingsland Wood
- Kirkdike Plant
- Mill Wood
- Scrombeck Fm
- Stapleton Hall & Stapleton Park
- Wake Wood
- Low Balk Lane
- Scratch Lane
- Spital Gap
- Cobcroft Fm
- Northfield Ho
- Stubbs Common
- Thorntree Closes
- Leys Wood
- Sandy Dike
- Bickering Wood
- Dale Field
- Darrington Hall
- Darrington Leys
- Great Clump
- Grove Hall & Grove Wood
- Hall Flats
- Havercroft Lane
- Hodge Wood
- Holdgate Hill
- Hunter's Wood
- Marlpit Lane
- Moor Hill Fields