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.

Stubbesclose

Field in the Parish of Rudheath Lordship

Historical Forms

  • Stubbesclose 1507 MinAcct
  • Stubbeslese 1515 MinAcct
  • Stubbests 1560 Sheaf
  • Stubbs Field 1650 LRMB

Etymology

Stubbesclose 1507, Stubbeslese 1515, Stubbests 1560(Sheaf3 23(5349)), Stubbs Field 1650('close, meadow & field at the tree-stumps', v. stubb, clos, lǣs, feld, cf.Stublach 255 infra)