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.

Stock Fm & Stock Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Oldbury upon Severn

Historical Forms

  • Estoch 1086 DB
  • Stock 1779 Rudder

Etymology

Stock Fm & Stock Hill, Estoch 1086 DB, Stock 1779 Rudder, cf. Stokefurlonge , Stokeforlonge 1497AOMB , 1533MinAcct . v. stoc 'an outlying farmstead'; cf. Stock Well (119infra ).