Stapenhill
Major Settlement in the Parish of Stapenhill
Historical Forms
- Stapenh' 942 Peniarth 13th e.11th 13th ib
- Stapenhill(e), Stapenhilla 1086 DB 1114–50 Burton e.13th BM 1255 BurtAn 1344 StoweCh
- Stapenhulla, Stapenhull(e) c.1100,1114 BurtCh 1159–75 Burton c.1180 Okeover 1185 BurtCh 1414 Hallvi
- Stapenhyll 1436 Burton
- Stapehille 1086 BurtCh
- Stapehulla, Stapehull(e) 1114,1160,1160–75,1182,1182–8,1188–97 BurtCh 1248 Burton
- Stapinhill e.13th StoweCh
- Stapinhull 1291 Tax
- Stapunhill 1316 FA
- Stapunhull(e) 1330 Ass 1383 Pat 1385 Burton 1546 ib
- Stapulhull 1404 Burton
- Stapenell 1577 Saxton 1610 Speed
- Stapnell 1577 DbAi 1651 ParlSurv
- Staping hill 1633 DbAvi
Etymology
'(At) the steep hill', v. stēap , hyll . The form Stapul - shows the influence of stapol 'post, pillar'.