Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Steple 1086 DB

• Stepeley 1414 ChRR

• Stapeleg' 1216–72 AddCh

• Stapeley c.1240 Dieul 1340 Chamb

• Stapelehe, Stapelegh, maner of Stapeley 1330 Plea

• Stapeley Hall 1622 Sheaf

• Stapeley House 1842 OS

• Stapelleya c.1250 CASNSX

• Stapelleg' 1287 Court

• Stapelley c.1298 Chol

• Stapelle c.1300 Sheaf

• Stapellegh 1308,1316 ChRR

• Stapilegh 1312 Ipm

• Staple 1366 ChCal 1367 Town

• Stapley 1445 AddCh 1775 Sheaf

Etymology

Either 'wood or clearing at a post', or 'wood where posts are got', from stapol and lēah (cf. Stapleford 326infra ), with banke , grange , hall , hūs . For the -i - spelling, cf. Botterley (in Faddiley) 142infra .