English Explanatory Dictionary

Stapeley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A hamlet and civil parish (served by Stapeley & District Parish Council) in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6749).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Stapeley Stapeleys Stapley

Etymology

From Old English stapol (“post, support, stay; pillar”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to staple + -ley (“lea”).

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