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 English

Major Settlement in the Parish of Stockleigh English

Historical Forms

  • Estocheleia 1086 DB(Exon)
  • Stochelie
  • Stockelegh 1242 Fees762
  • Stokeley Engles 1268 Exon
  • Stokele Engleys 1281 Ass
  • Stokleyenglisch 1390 FF

Etymology

v. stocc , leah , and for the interpretation cf. Addenda, Part i, liii, s. n. Yardley. Gilebertus Anglicus held the manor in 1242.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name