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.

Stockland

Major Settlement in the Parish of Stockland

Historical Forms

  • Stokelonde 939 BCS739
  • Stocland 998 KCD701
  • Stocland 1202 Abbr
  • Stokeland 1212 Fees 1310 Inqaqd

Etymology

'Land covered with stocks or stumps,' v. stoc(c).