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.

Stakes

Other OS name in the Parish of Slaidburn

Historical Forms

  • Stakker de Byrolm 1367 Kirkst
  • the Stakes in Bolland 1646 WillY
  • the Stackes 1657 ParlSurv

Etymology

, Stakker de Byrolm 1367 Kirkst, the Stakes in Bolland 1646 WillY, the Stackes 1657ParlSurv , probably ON stakkar , pl . of stakkr ' hay-stack ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name