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Survey of English Place-Names

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Staplehurst Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Horley

Historical Forms

  • Stapelhurst 1325 Ass 1332 SR
  • Stapulhurst c.1460 Chertsey
  • Staplers, Staplersland 1462 Ct
  • Stapelherst 1284 Ch

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Stapelhurst 1325Ass (p), 1332 SR (p), Stapulhurst c. 1460Chertsey , Staplers , Staplersland 1462Ct . A compound of stapol , ' post, pillar , ' and hyrst , ' wood . ' There was a Simon ate Stapele in Horley in 1332 (SR) . For the last form v. Introd.xxv , and cf. Staplers ( Wt ) , Stapelherst 1284 Ch .