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.

Stockham

Other OS name in the Parish of Southleigh

Historical Forms

  • Stok juxta Sudlegh 1299 Ass
  • Stokkes in Southele 1449 FF

Etymology

is probably identical with Stok juxta Sudlegh 1299Ass , Stokkes in Southele 1449FF . v. stocc . The modern form perhaps represents the old weak pl . Cf. supra 130 .