Stopsley
Major Settlement in the Parish of Stopsley
Historical Forms
- Stoppelee 1199 FF
- Stopeleg, Stopelee 1201 Cur 1240 Ass
- Stoppeleg 1202 Ass 1235 Cl
- Stoppesle(gh) 1207 FF 1227,1240 Ass 1247 Ass 1286 Dunst 1504 Ipm
- Stopeslegh 1247 Ass
- Stop(p)isle(y) 1262 BM 1487 Ipm
- Stopeleye 1276 Ass
- Stopesleye 1276 Ass 1337 Ch 1381 Cl
- Stopley Eliz ChancP
Etymology
Skeat and Ekwall (PN in -ing 71) are doubtless right in taking this to be from a pers. name Stopp found also in Stoppingas , the name of an archaic provincia now included in Warwickshire (BCS 157) and in Stopham (Sx).