English Explanatory Dictionary

Stapleton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A place in England:
  2. A suburb in the north-east of Bristol, between Eastville and Frenchay (OS grid ref ST6176).
  3. A village and civil parish in Cumberland district, Cumbria, England, previously in Carlisle district (OS grid ref NY5071).
  4. A small village and civil parish in Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO3265).
  5. A village in Kirkby Mallory, Peckleton and Stapleton parish, Hinckley and Bosworth district, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SP4398).
  6. A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref NZ2612).
  7. A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE5019).
  8. A village in Condover parish, central Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ4704).
  9. A hamlet in Martock parish, Somerset (OS grid ref ST4621).
  10. A place in the United States:
  11. An unincorporated community in Baldwin County, Alabama.
  12. A city in Jefferson County, Georgia.

Word forms

Stapleton Stapletons Stapledon

Etymology

From Old English stapol (“post, pillar”) + tūn (“enclsoure; settlement, town”).

Derived words

Kirkby Mallory, Peckleton and Stapleton Stapletonian
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