Yewstock
Early-attested site in the Parish of Hinton St Mary
Historical Forms
- Hevedstokke, Hevedstokforlang' e14 GlastE
- la Hevedstocke 1338–40 Glast m14 Glast
- la Hendestok
- la Handestock
- Hewstock 1811 OS
- (Lr) Yewstock 1841 TA
Etymology
Yewstock (ST 787155), Hevedstokke , Hevedstokforlang 'e14GlastE , la Hevedstocke 1338–40 Glast, m14Glast , la Hendestok (for Heudestok ) n.d. Fägersten 41, la Handestock (for Haudestock ) n.d. Hutch3, Hewstock 1811 OS, (Lr ) Yewstock 1841TA , v. hēafod-stocc 'a post on which the head of a beheaded criminal was exposed', cf. Hewstock Fm in Beaminster infra which has the same origin. The cottage of this name stands on the par. bdy between Hinton and Sturminster N., and most of the early forms occur as bdy marks in medieval perambulations of Sturminster (v. SoRecSoc 64606, Glast f. 223, Hutch3 4338).