Stallen (Fm)
Early-attested site in the Parish of Nether Compton
Historical Forms
- Stawell(') 1244 Ass 1284–6 Kirkby Eliz FA 1285 SR 1332 Hutch3 1345 VE 1535 Boswell 1795
- Stawil 1284–6 Hutch3
- Stauwell 1290 Ch
- Stovel 1344 Hutch3
- Stawel 1544 1774 Hutch1
- Stalen (F.) 1811 OS
- Stirling Farm Ho 1838 TA
- Stawel alias Stallen, Stallen alias Stalling 1870 Hutch3
Etymology
Stallen (Fm) (ST 605166), Stawell (')1244Ass (p), 1284–6 (Eliz) Kirkby, 1285 FA, 1332 SR (p), 1345 Hutch3, 1535 VE, 1795 Boswell, Stawil 1284–6 Hutch3, Stauwell (possibly for Stanwell ) 1290 Ch, Stovel 1344 Hutch3, Stawel 1544 ib, 1774 Hutch1, Stawelbusshe 1563, Stale bushe 1575Digby , Stalen (F .)1811 OS, Stirling Farm Ho 1838TA , Stawel alias Stallen , Stallen alias Stalling 1870 Hutch3, 'stony spring or stream', or 'stream with a stone-built channel', v. stān , well(a), busc , cf. the analogous Stowell Gl 1183, W 326 which also show loss of -n - before a labial consonant as in Stoborough 173, W Stafford 1243. A stream (one arm of Trent Brook) rises here. The relatively recent development to Stallen can hardly be a metathesised form of Stanell < Stanwell , since the -n - disappeared at a very early date (it is possibly present only in the form from 1290); it is perhaps more likely that Stallen either represents an eroded form of the name (cf. Stale 1575) with the addition of ende 'district of a village', or results from folk etymology, based on the similarity of the eroded form to the word stall 'cattle stall' and with the addition of the Do dial. pl. -en .