Stock
Major Settlement in the Parish of Stock
Historical Forms
- Her(e)ward(e)stoc(ke), Her(e)ward(e)stok(e) 1234 FF 1238 ChR 1251,1268 Ch 1334 Londin 1372 IpmR
- Stocke 1337 FF 1583 Lancs
- Stokk(e) 1475 FF 1551 Pat
- Herwarstok 1370 Pat
- Herefordstok 1373 IpmR
- Harwardstok 1467–72 ECP
- Herford Stoke 1476 IpmR
- Harfoth Stoke 1518–29 ECP
- Hardefordstok 1535 VE
- Hertford Stock t.Eliz ChancP
- Stock Hereford 1584 Lancs
- Harvord Stook 1604 EAvii
- Harward alias Harrard Stock 1608 ib
- Stoke in Buttsbury 1504–15 ECP
- Stocke alias Haverstocke 1627 Bodl
- Stok' of 1203, 1239 (FF)
Etymology
'Hereweard 's stump,' v. stocc . The uncompounded form is only found twice before the 16th century. The uncompounded Stok ' of 1203, 1239 (FF) is wrongly indexed. It has reference to Stoke (Sf).