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Stockton, Stockton Hall & Stockton Dingle

Major Settlement in the Parish of Malpas

Historical Forms

  • Stocton 1288 Court
  • Stokton 1304 Chamb 1536 ChRR
  • Stockton, Stockton Heath 1671 Sheaf
  • Stockton Hall 1831 Bry
  • Stocston c.1308 Chol
  • Old Castle Smithy 1831 Bry, 1860 White

Etymology

'Enclosure or farmstead at a dairy hamlet', from stoc and tūn , with hǣð , hall and dingle . The heath adjoined Oldcastle Heath, and is the location of Old Castle Smithy 1831 Bry, 1860 White, v. smiððe , cf. Oldcastle 44supra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site