English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Stockham

Major Settlement in the Parish of Runcorn

Historical Forms

  • Stoccum l12 Facs 1288 Court
  • Stockum 1288 H8 Rental
  • Stochum 1289 Court
  • Stokcum 1289 Court
  • Stokcom(e) 1535 VE 1536 Dugd 1538 AOMB399
  • Stokcombe c.1547 Surv
  • Stokecombe 1553 Pat
  • Stocome alias Stockecombe 1568 Orm2
  • Stockham 1594 AD
  • Stockham alias Stockcombe 1634 Orm2
  • Norton cum Stockham 1724 NotCestr
  • (Norton cum) Stockam 1663 Sheaf

Etymology

'At the tree-stocks', v. stōcc (dat.pl. stoccum ). In the earliest reference the place is an assart. The dative plural in -um is confused with cumb 'a hollow, a valley' and hām 'a homestead'.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site