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.

Stoughton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Stoughton

Historical Forms

  • Estone (sic) 1086 DB
  • Stocton(a) t.Steph France 1279 Cl
  • Stohtun c.1200 Box
  • Stoghton 1327 SR 1346 Ipm
  • Stoktun 1252 Ch
  • Stoketon 1271 Ass 1407 IpmR

Etymology

v. stocc , tun and cf. Stoughton (Sr).

Places in the same Parish