- the
course of the A229. The name
Staplehurst comes from the Old
English '
stapol'
meaning a 'post, pillar' and 'hyrst', as a 'wooded hill'; therefore, 'wooded-hill...
- Somerset, and Yorkshire, and the name is
derived from the Old
English word
stapol meaning post and ton
meaning settlement.
Notable people and
characters with...
- origin,
being held to mean 'The farm,
homestead or
croft - by or near the
Stapol, post or pillar.'" Up to the 2011 Census,
Kingswood was
considered by ONS...
- word "staple"
originated in the late
thirteenth Century, from Old
English stapol,
meaning "post, pillar". The word's
first usage in the paper-fastening sense...
-
thought to
derive from the
Early English bearde,
meaning "battle-axe", and
stapol,
meaning "pillar", i.e. a post or
pillar to mark a
religious or administrative...
-
reference to a
special tree. He also
suggested that the place-names
containing stapol ("post" or "pillar")
might have
represented trees that had been venerated...
-
Prussian stabis "rock", Old
Church Slavonic stoboru, "pillar", Old
English stapol, "post",
Ancient Gr**** stobos, "scolding, bad language");
Dysoron (Δύσορον...
- of Soundwell.
Staple is a
rendering of the Anglo-Saxon/Old
English word
stapol or
staypole which meant a post in the
sense of an old
boundary marker. The...
-
Church Slavonic stoborъ, stъlbъ "post, pillar,"
English staff, Old
English stapol "post
archaic Gr****
stobos "scolding, bad
languagebk stephein "to tie around...
-
According to
legend if you
prick them with a pin they draw blood.
English word '
Stapol'
means pillar or post and it is
thought likely that this gave the village...
