Stock Hill
hill or mountain · North Northamptonshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name likely refers to a hill with a stockade or a place where livestock were kept. The term 'stock' in Old English could mean a post, a tree trunk, or a place for animals.
Word origins
- Stock
- Old EnglishAttestedStockade, post, tree trunk, or place for livestock(from stoc "stock, post, tree, place")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedHill(from hyll "hill")