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.

Stoodleigh

Early-attested site in the Parish of West Buckland

Historical Forms

  • Estotleia 1086 DB(Exon)
  • Stodlei
  • Stodelegh' 1242 Fees772
  • Northstodł 1244 Ass
  • Stodlegh 1330 SR

Etymology

Stoodleigh is

Estotleia 1086 DB (Exon), Stodlei (Exch), Stodelegh '1242 Fees 772, Northstodł 1244Ass , Stodlegh 1330SR (p), 'stud clearing,' v. stod , leah .

Places in the same Parish