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Hr Stockland

Other OS name in the Parish of Halstock

Historical Forms

  • Stockland, Stockling close 1684 ERO
  • Stockland, Gt Stockland & Lt Stockland, Hr Stocklands 1842 TA

Etymology

, Stockland , Stockling close 1684ERO , Stockland , Gt Stockland & Lt Stockland , Hr Stocklands 1842TA , perhaps ' newly cultivated land belonging to the stoc (i.e. Halstock) ' , v. land , cf. Stockland in Sherborne 3370 .