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.

Stapleford

Major Settlement in the Parish of Stapleford

Historical Forms

  • (ad) Stapelforda(m) 956 BCS1346 12th
  • Stapelford(e) c.1060–1229 ElyM 14th CWool 1345
  • Stapelfordam 1086 InqEl
  • Stapelforð ib.
  • Stappelforde c.1150 LibEl
  • Stapelefford 1252 Ch
  • Stapalford c.1150 HarlCh
  • Stapilford(e) 1275 RH 1493 Pat
  • Stapilford(e) juxta Babraham 1496 Clare
  • Stapilforthe 1410 ElyB
  • Staplesford c.1050 KCD907 13th
  • Staplesfort 12th LibEl
  • Stapelisford 1372 SR
  • Stapleford 1086 ICC
  • Stapleforde 1086 DB
  • Staplefordam 1086 InqEl
  • Stapleford 1347 FF
  • Stapleforthe 1625 FF
  • Stableford 1700 Pembroke

Etymology

'Ford marked by a post,' v. stapol , ford .

Places in the same Parish