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.

Staveley

Major Settlement in the Parish of Staveley

Historical Forms

  • Stavelie 1086 DB
  • Stauelie, Stauele, Staueleia, Staueleie, Stauelega, Staueleg(h), Stauel(e)y(e), Stauelay Hy2 HarlCh Hy2 RadCh 1207 HarlCh 1210–2 RBE 1212 Fees
  • Stafeleg' 1187 WollCh
  • Stafley 1393 Pat
  • Staley, Stalee 1383 DbCh 1387,1393 Pat 1435 Portland

Etymology

'Stave clearing', v. stæf , lēah . Ekwall (Studies 96–8) suggests 'wood from which staves were got' as the precise meaning.