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Stock Furlong

Other OS name in the Parish of Wold Newton

Etymology

, cf. a fourlong called Stockfourlonges 1577Terrier , Stockfurlonges 1638Terrier , stok furlonges 1626Terrier , Far Stock Furlongs , Great Stock Furlongs , High Stock Furl gs, Little Stock Furl gs18MiscDep 16 , y eStock furlonge 1703Terrier , the Stockfurlong 1709Terrier , y e Stock Furlong 1724Terrier , the upper Stockfurlong 1724Terrier , Stock furlong Close 1772Yarb , Stock Furlong 1786, 1810Yarb , Stocks Furlong Cover 1824 O , Stoke Furlong Cover 1828 Bry , presumably ' thefurlong marked by a tree-trunk or stump ' , v. stocc , furlang . It is on the boundary with Hawerby cum Beesby parish and many of the references are in fact from Hawerby documents .