Stockwood
Early-attested site in the Parish of Luton
Historical Forms
- Wypereleya Hy2 Ch 1285
- Wyperley 1156 Dugdvi.11 1393 IpmR
- Whip(er)ly Eliz ChancP
- Stockwood al. Wyperley 1640 BHRSv.110
Etymology
Professor Zachrisson suggests that the first element in this name may be the whippultre (v.l. whip (p )il , wypul -) in Chaucer's list of trees in the Knight 's Tale (2065). That is usually taken to be the cornel-tree. For such a reduction we may compare Apperley (Nb) from æppeltreo and possibly Mapperley (Db) from mapeltreo . This would fit well with the suffix leah .