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.

Stubley

Early-attested site in the Parish of Birstall

Historical Forms

  • Stubeleia 12 YCh1636
  • Stubelay 1380 YDvii
  • Stublay Stubley 1335 1559 TestLds 1606 FF 1660 Dep

Etymology

Stubley, Stubeleia 12 YCh 1636(p), Stubelay 1380 YD vii(p), Stublay Stubley 1335 ib, 1559 TestLds, 1606 FF, 1660Dep . 'Stump clearing', v. stubb 'a tree-stump', lēah , probably 'a clearing where the stumps were left'.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name