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.

Mellstock

Other OS name in the Parish of Stockland

Etymology

, probably a literary allusion , ' Mellstock ' being Thomas Hardy 's fictional name for Stinsford par . 1 366 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement