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Survey of English Place-Names

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Stocia Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Warmingham

Historical Forms

  • Stocal 1672 ib
  • Stotiall House 1697 ib
  • Stotiall Farm 1709 ib
  • Storeshaw Farm 1831 Bry
  • Stotiall Mosse 1637,1662 Cre

Etymology

, 1800 Cre , Stocal 1672 ib, Stotiall House 1697 ib, Stotiall Farm 1709 ib,Storeshaw Farm 1831 Bry, presumably named from Stotiall Mosse 1637, 1662 Cre , v. mos ' a moss ' . The 1831 spelling probably represents the traditional form , which may be a wood - name , from storð ' a plantation ' and sceaga ' a copse, a wood ' .