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.

Stubs-End

Early-attested site in the Parish of Gawsworth

Historical Forms

  • Stubs-End 1724 NotCestr
  • le Stubbys 1286 Eyre
  • le Stobbes 1288 ib
  • Stobbes e14 AddCh
  • (le) Stubbes 1328 Fitt
  • (le) Stubbes iuxta Gouseworth 1338 Plea

Etymology

Stubs-End (lost), Stubs -End 1724 NotCestr, le Stubbys 1286Eyre , le Stobbes 1288ib (p), Stobbes e14AddCh , (le ) Stubbes 1328Fitt , (le ) Stubbes iuxta Gouseworth 1338 Plea, 'the tree stumps', v. stubb , ende 1 , cf. Stubbes 125infra .