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.

Stocks

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kirkburton

Historical Forms

  • le Stokes, Stockes 1316 DodsN, YD i
  • Stokes 1462 MinAcct
  • The Stocks 1636 WillY

Etymology

Stocks, le Stokes , Stockes 1316 DodsN, YD i, Stokes 1462MinAcct 99, The Stocks 1636 WillY, v. stocc 'tree-stump', here denoting a place where trees have been felled and only the stumps remain.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site