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.

Stubley

Early-attested site in the Parish of Dronfield Woodhouse

Historical Forms

  • Stubbeley(e) Ed1 Beau 1308 Halliii 1328 SR
  • Stobbeley(e) late13th DbAii late13th DbCh
  • Stubley(e) 1313,1315 DbCh 1321 ShefTC 1330 Ass

Etymology

Stubley, Stubbeley (e )Ed 1Beau (p), 1308 Hall iii (p), 1328 SR (p), Stobbeley (e )late 13th DbA ii(p), late 13th DbCh (p), Stubley (e )1313, 1315 DbCh (p), 1321ShefTC (p), 1330Ass et passim . 'Treestump clearing', v. stubb , lēah .