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.

Starveacre Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Stockwood

Historical Forms

  • Starve Acre 1839 TA

Etymology

, named from Starve Acre 1839TA , a derogatory name for unproductive land .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement