Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• atte Tochale 1327 SR

• Tokynhale 1368 Ipm 1439 Ipm

• Tucknall 1593 FF

• Tocknells 1707 Will

• Totnalls 1777 M

• Tocknell 1600 PR

• Tocknell 1609 ib

Etymology

Tocknells Ho & Tocknells Court, atte Tochale 1327SR (p), Tokynhale 1368 Ipm, 1439 Ipm, Tucknall 1593 FF, Tocknells 1707 Will, Totnalls 1777 M. 'Toca's nook of land', v. halh . An OE  pers.n. Toc (c )a is not independently recorded, but can be assumed from such p.ns. as Tockenham (W 272), Tockington or Tutnalls (iii, 121, 260 infra ). Tocknell Ho and Court may be directly derived from a surname from the older p.n.; a family of Tocknell lived in Painswick in the 17th century (cf. Grace and Alice Tocknell 1600 PR 8, p. 13, Walter Tocknell 1609 ib, p. 16).