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Survey of English Place-Names

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Stansfield Moor, Staups Moor

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Stalps 1817 M
  • Staups 1843 O.S.

Etymology

, 1843 O.S. , v. Stansfield 177supra , mōr . Staups , Stalps 1817 M, Staups 1843 O.S. , 1843 O.S. , v. stolpi ' a stoop ' ; such posts were used to mark tracks ( esp . in times of snow ) , as doubtless here .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name