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.

Stockenbridge

Early-attested site in the Parish of Modbury

Historical Forms

  • Stokkenebrugg' 1330 SR
  • Stokenebrigge 1361,1366 Ass
  • Stokenbrigge 1493 Ipm
  • Stokyngbrigge 1495 Ipm

Etymology

'Bridge made of stocks or logs,' v. stoccen . Cf. Stockbridge (PN Sx 14).