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.

Starehole Bay

Other OS name in the Parish of Malborough

Historical Forms

  • Sterewyll t.Hy8 MinAcct

Etymology

is Sterewyll t. Hy 8MinAcct . v. wielle . The first element may be either stær , ' starling , ' or stēor , ' bullock . '

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement