Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Stamphotne 1086 DB

• Stauerbot(t)en 12 Font 1330 Percy

• Staverbot', Stauerbot' 1266 Percy 1285 KI 1327 FF 1328 Percy

• Stauerbothem 1334 ib

• Stauerbotle Ric1 Cur

• Stauerbotill 1400 Pat

• Starbotell 13 Percy

• Starbotill, Starbotle 1364 ib

• Starbotene 1268 Font

• Starbotten Eliz Skp 1676 PRGis

• Starbotton 1581 WillY 1597 FF 1674 PRLnt

• Starbottom 1593 WillY

• Strebotell 1461 Pat

• Sterbotell 1462 ib

• Sterboten 1462,1465 Pat 1540 MinAcct

• Sterbotum 1588 WillY

• Sterbotton 1610 PRGr 1639 WillY

Etymology

'Valley where stakes were got', v. stafir , botn . The DB spelling Stam - may be from ON  stafn 'pole'; the spellings with -botle , etc. are due to AN influence (cf. IPN 107) and the occasional -bottom , -botum to the substitution of OE  botm 'valley bottom'.