Stapeley
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English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Stapley
Etymology
From Old English stapol (“post, support, stay; pillar”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to staple + -ley (“lea”).
Proper noun
Stapeley (countable and uncountable, plural Stapeleys)
- A hamlet and civil parish (served by Stapeley & District Parish Council) in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6749).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Stapeley is the 68634th most common surname in England, belonging to 34 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Stapeley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.