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.

Stage Field

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kirkheaton

Historical Forms

  • (le) Stages 1312 YDxii,294 1324,1477 DodsN 1476 Linds
  • Staggefeild 1481 PrHosp

Etymology

Stage Field (lost), 1847TA , (le ) Stages 1312 YD xii, 294, 1324, 1477 DodsN, 1476 Linds, Staggefeild 1481 PrHosp, from ME  stage (OFr  estage ) 'a stage'; of the earlier specific uses of this word 'a scaffold for execution or exposure in the pillory' (NED s.v. from 1400) seems most appropriate.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name