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.

Stockalls

Early-attested site in the Parish of Great Munden

Historical Forms

  • Stokwelle 1367 Ct
  • Stokewellende 1406 ib
  • Stockwell 1556 AOMB
  • Stockle c.1840 TA

Etymology

Stockalls is Stokwelle 1367Ct , Stokewellende 1406 ib., Stockwell 1556AOMB , Stockle c. 1840TA . 'Well or spring marked by a stock or stump,' v. stocc , wielle , and cf. Stockwell (PN Sr 24).