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.

Stock Street

Early-attested site in the Parish of Calne

Historical Forms

  • Stock(e) 1232 Lacock 1275 RH 1295 Ipm
  • Stok juxta Calne 1289 Ass
  • Stokke juxta Calne 1313 Orig
  • Stoke juxta Calne 1324 Inqaqd
  • Stockstreete 1637 Phillipps
  • Stock al. Stock Streete 1652 FF

Etymology

From stocc, 'stump.' For street cf. supra 254.