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 Hill and Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bromsgrove

Historical Forms

  • le Stapul 1485 Nash 18th

Etymology

The hill must have been distinguished by some pillar or post, cf. Stapenhill supra 100.