The story
- Old English · derived fromstapol“post, pillar”
- English todayStaplehurst
From Old English stapol (“post, pillar”) + hyrst (“wooded hillock”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishstapol all →
stapleStapletonStapeleyStaple HillStaploe
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.