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.

Stockleigh

Early-attested site in the Parish of Highampton

Historical Forms

  • Estocheleia 1086 DB(Exon)
  • Stochelie

Etymology

Stockleigh is

Estocheleia 1086 DB (Exon), Stochelie (Exch), v. stocc , leah and Addenda supra liii s. n. Yardley.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement