Stocken Hall
Early-attested site in the Parish of Stretton
Historical Forms
- le Stokkyng 1326 Ipm
- Stocking(s) 1678,1723 Anc 1758 Surv 1801 Map
- Stretton Stocking(e) 1633 Conant 1684 Wright 1695 Map
- Stretton Stockings 1676,1678,1723 Anc
- The Ould Stockinges 1627 Bir
- New Stocking(s) 1637,1678,1733 Anc
- Stockin(g) Hall 1684 Wright 1702 Anc
- Stockins alias Stocking Hall 1723 ib
- Stockings Hall 1824 O
- Stocken Hall 1845 BHS 1846,1863 White 1904 Anc
- Stocking Wood 1723,1749 Anc c1800,1806 Map
- Stocken Wood c1840 TA 1845 BHS
Etymology
'A piece of ground cleared of tree-stumps', v. stoccing . For later field-names arising, v. f.ns. (a) infra . The hall was probably built by John Brown in the early 17th century, v. MER 40.