English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Stocks in Bowland

Other OS name in the Parish of Slaidburn

Historical Forms

  • Stokes 1246 Ass28d
  • Stocks 1771 M

Etymology

, Stokes 1246Ass 28d, Stocks 1771 M , v. stoc ' an outlying dairy-farm ' or stocc ' tree-stump ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name