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Survey of English Place-Names

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Stockerlane

Early-attested site in the Parish of Over & Whitegate

Historical Forms

  • Stocker Lane 1842 OS
  • Stockrow Lane 1831 Bry
  • Stokhall' 1239 P
  • Stochal 1290 VR 1334 ib
  • Stokehole (p), Stokehalle 1322 1338 ib
  • Stokhale 1330 1348 Eyre
  • Stoch' (p), Stochal' 1334 VR

Etymology

Stockerlane, Stocker Lane 1842 OS, Stockrow Lane 1831 Bry, probably associated with Stokhall '1239 P (p), Stochal 1290 VR (p), 1334 ib (p), Stokehole (p), Stokehalle 1322 (1338) ib, Stokhale 1330 ib (p), 1348Eyre (p), Stoch ' (p), Stochal '1334 VR, 'nook at a hamlet or dairy-farm', v. stoc , halh . Cf. Stochale 154.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site