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.

Stackhouse

Early-attested site in the Parish of Giggleswick

Historical Forms

  • Stacuse 1086 DB
  • Stachus 1285 KI
  • Stacho(u)ssum, Stakho(u)ssum 1150–70,1221 Furn
  • Stakhusum c.1194 c.1230 Sawl102d
  • Stakhous 1221,1294 ib
  • Stackhowse 1592 WillY

Etymology

Stackhouse, Stacuse 1086 DB, Stachus 1285 KI, Stacho (u )ssum , Stakho (u )ssum 1150–70, 1221 Furn (freq ), Stakhusum c. 1194 ib, c. 1230Sawl 102d, Stakhous 1221, 1294 ib, Stackhowse 1592 WillY. '(At) the stack houses' (that is, the houses near or for ricks), from ON  stakkr , hūs , -um .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site