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.

Stockton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Stockton

Historical Forms

  • Stottune 1086 DB
  • Stoctun' 1166 P
  • Stocton 1189 BM 1350 AddCh
  • Stocktun c.1250 Rental
  • Stokton juxta Codeford 1355 FF
  • Stoketon 1594 Recov

Etymology

Probably 'tunmade of stocks' (OE  stocc).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site