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.

Staple Cross

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ewhurst

Historical Forms

  • Stapele c.1180,c.1240 Pens
  • atte Cruche de Staple 1296 SR
  • Staple Cross 1768 Battle

Etymology

Staple Cross is Stapele c. 1180, c. 1240 Pens, atte Cruche de Staple 1296 SR (p), Staple Cross 1768 Battle 181. v. stapol .Staple Cross was perhaps an ancient cross which marked the site of the hundred meeting-place.