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 Knoll

Other OS name in the Parish of Lilley

Historical Forms

  • Steeple Knowl ib.

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Steeple Knowl ib. ' Steep place ' , cf. Steeple(PN Ess 226–7) , often confused with stapol .