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

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bracewell

Historical Forms

  • Stoche 1086 DB
  • Stock(e) 1147–50 YCh 13,1273 YDi 1304 YI 1657 WillS
  • Stok 13 Sawl11 1285 KI 1290 YDiii
  • Stokke 1537 FF
  • Stoke 1543 WillY

Etymology

Stock, Stoche 1086 DB, Stock (e )1147–50 YCh 1471, 13, 1273 YD i, 1304 YIet freq to 1657 WillS, Stok 13Sawl 11, 1285 KI, 1290 YD iii, Stokke 1537 FF, Stoke 1543 WillY. Probably OE  stoc 'place', possibly in the sense 'dairy farm, outlying farmstead'; cf. also Stock Beck (RNs.).