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.

Stocking Lane

Early-attested site in the Parish of Monk Fryston

Historical Forms

  • fossata de Stockinghillum 1255 Selby
  • le Stocking de Hillum 1246–55 ib
  • le Stokkyng 1320 Ext
  • the Stocking Close 1797 EnclA

Etymology

Stocking Lane, fossata de Stockinghillum 1255 Selby, le Stocking de Hillum 1246–55 ib, le Stokkyng 1320 Ext, the Stocking Close 1797EnclA 138. v. stoccing 'a clearing of tree-stumps'.