Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• le Stubbing 1344 YDiv

• Stobbyng(gs) 1516 Surv

• Stubbing Lane 1771 M 1786 PRWath

Etymology

Stubbin, le Stubbing 1344 YD iv, (Ower -) Stobbyng (gs ), (Neder -) Stobbyng (gs )1516Surv , Stubbing Lane 1771 M, 1786 PRWath. v. stubbing 'a place where tree-stumps have been cleared, a clearing'. There may have been other meanings, for in the Wakefield Court Rolls (1275 WCR i, 115) there is a curious reference to a stubbing which from the context can hardly mean 'clearing'; one Powe sold to William “a bovate of land with a garden and a stubbing ; after the agreement was made, Powe came and threw down the stubbing and carried it away”.