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.

Stapledon

Other OS name in the Parish of Cookbury

Historical Forms

  • Stapeldun 1228 FF
  • Stapeldon 1242 Fees788

Etymology

is Stapeldun 1228 FF, Stapeldon 1242 Fees 788 . ' Hill marked by a post or boundary - mark of some kind , ' v. stapol , dun .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement