English Explanatory Dictionary

Staveley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. A village in Hugill parish, Nether Staveley parish and Over Staveley parish, South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD4698).
  3. A town and civil parish with a town council in Chesterfield borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4374).
  4. A village and civil parish (served by Staveley and Copgrove Parish Council) in Harrogate borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3662).
  5. A township in Ashburton district, Canterbury, New Zealand, derived from the surname.
  6. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Staveley Staveleys Stavely

Etymology

From Old English stæf (“stave”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to stave + -ley (“lea”).

Derived words

Nether Staveley Over Staveley Staveley-in-Cartmel
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on S Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary