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

Parish in the County of Dorset

Etymology

This par., formerly a detached part of Whitchurch C. Hundred, was transferred to Devon in 1844 and is partly surveyed in PN D 647–8. Dalwood supra was formerly in this par. (1795 Boswell, 1863 Hutch3 2791).

Major Settlements

Other places in this Parish

Other OS name