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.

Stockley

Other OS name in the Parish of Scarcliffe

Historical Forms

  • Stocley 1349 Derbyshire
  • Stockley 1603,1606 Ct

Etymology

, Stocley 1349Derbyshire , Stockley 1603, 1606Ct , cf. Stock ( e ) 1402 ( p ) , ' stump clearing ' , v. stocc , lēah .