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.

Staploe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Eaton Socon

Historical Forms

  • Stapelho(u) 1227 Ass 1228 1247,1276 Ass 1292 Ipm 1318,1380 Cl
  • Stapilho, Stapylho 1276 Ass 1512 ADvi
  • Stapulho 1297 SR 1330 Ipm 1387 ADvi
  • Staplo 1512 ADvi
  • Staplowe 1549 ADvi
  • Staplehow 1619 BM

Etymology

'Hill once marked by some post or pillar' v. stapol , hoh . Cf. Stapelho (1292) in King's Ripton (Hunts Ct Rolls ), also Duloe supra 57.