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.

Stoupe Brow

Early-attested site in the Parish of Fylingdales

Historical Forms

  • Staupe 1133 Whitby
  • Stoup(e) 1155–65 Whitby 1301 LS
  • Stowpe Browe 1540 Whitby

Etymology

From ON  staup 'a steep declivity, precipice' (cf. Lindkvist 165) and OE  brū 'brow.'

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement