Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Stibemetune 1086 DB

• Stubehampton(e) 1233 FF 1280 Ass

• Stubhamtune 1262 Ipm

• Stubhampton(e) 1280 1282 FF 1283 Ipm

• Tarente Stubhampton(e) 1318 Cecil 1397,1404 Weld1

• Tarentestubhampton 1324 FF

• Stubamton' 1388 Rawl

• Stubbehamton 1541 Glyn

• Stubhampton or Tarent-Stubhampton 1774 Hutch1

• Stubhampton or Stepington 1795 Boswell

• Tarente Stibhampton' 1405 Weld1

• Stebhampton 1276 FF

• Stupehampton 1280 Ass

• Stupham(p)ton' 1384,1423 Rawl 1402 Weld1

• St(h)uham(p)ton' 1405,1421 Rawl

• Stupyngton' 1471 Rawl

• Stipyngton', Stypyngton' 1534–1580 1549 Ct

• Stepington 1575 Saxton

Etymology

Probably, as indicated by the DB form in -eme -, 'farm of the Stybbhǣme ', i.e. 'farm of the dwellers at a place called Stybbhām ('tree-stump village')', or 'farm of the dwellers by the tree-stump', v. stybb , hām , hǣme (gen.pl. hǣma ), tūn , cf. Bockhampton 1367, Witchampton par. infra , Tengstrand MN 97. The affix Tarente - is from R. Tarrant which rises here, v. par. name supra .