Staplehurst

From Old English stapol (“post, pillar”) + hyrst (“wooded hillock”).

Staplehurst (countable and uncountable, plural Staplehursts)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A large village and civil parish in Maidstone borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7843).
   2. A village in Seward County, Nebraska, United States.
   3. A community in the County of Vermilion River, Alberta, Canada.
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Staplehurst is the 14751^st most common surname in England, belonging to 357 individuals.

• Survey of English Place-Names

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Staplehurst”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Forebears