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 Green

Other OS name in the Parish of Brayton

Historical Forms

  • (le) Stocking(e), Stockyng 13,1246,1332 Selby 1289 Abbr
  • Stockynges 1546 YChant
  • Stokyng 1535 VE

Etymology

, (le ) Stocking (e ), Stockyng 13, 1246, 1332 Selby, 1289Abbr, Stockynges 1546 YChant, Stokyng 1535 VE , v. stoccing ' clearing ofstumps ' .