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.

Staplehill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ilsington

Historical Forms

  • Estapeleia 1086 DB(Exon)
  • Stapelie
  • Stapelhill(e) 1242 Fees788 1303 FA
  • Esterastapelhill(e) 1324 FF
  • Eststapilhille 1339 Ass

Etymology

'Hill marked by a post,' v. stapol . The DB form, if it belongs here, seems to be corrupt.