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.

Hagstock

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Hagstokkes 1492 MinAcct
  • Hagstockes 1536 Rent
  • Hagstookes 1538 WillY
  • Hagues Stocks 1709 WMB

Etymology

Hagstock, Hagstokkes 1492MinAcct , Hagstockes 1536 Rent, Hagstookes 1538 WillY, Hagues Stocks 1709 WMB, a compound of ON  hǫgg 'a felling of trees' and stocc 'tree-stumps', doubtless describing a clearing where the tree-stumps were left standing.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name