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.

Stockwell

Early-attested site in the Parish of Lambeth

Historical Forms

  • Stokewell 1197 FF 1256 FF 1293 RBE
  • Stocwell(e) 1225,1241,1255,1279 Ass
  • Stokwell(e) 1247 FF 1310 Ch 1329 Ipm
  • Stockwell 1289 Winton
  • Stockewell 1294 FF

Etymology

'Well or spring by the stump or stock,' v. stocc , wielle .