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's Bridge

Early-attested site in the Parish of Holywell cum Needingworth

Historical Forms

  • Stockes (cultura) 1254–67 ADi

Etymology

If this identification is right then the proper form of the name is 'Stocks Bridge' and it means 'bridge by the stumps.' v. stocc .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement