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Stocks Bank

Other OS name in the Parish of Mirfield

Historical Forms

  • Stock-bancke 1628 PRMrf
  • Henry Stokkes 1441 Arm
  • Thomas Stokkes of Myrfeld 1474 ib
  • John Stocks of Stockbank 1768 PRMrfii,149

Etymology

, Stock-bancke 1628 PRMrf,probably named from the family of Henry Stokkes (1441 Arm 108),Thomas Stokkes of Myrfeld (1474 ib 130) or John Stocks of Stockbank (1768 PRMrf ii, 149) , v. banke .