Stockton Heath
suburban area · Warrington
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Stockton Heath combines the Old English 'stoc' (place, village) with 'tun' (farmstead, village) and 'hæth' (heathland). It refers to a village or farmstead located on heathland.
Word origins
- stockton
- Old EnglishAttestedplace farmstead(from stoc "place, village, secondary settlement", tun "farmstead, village")
- heath
- Old Englishheathland(from hæth "heathland")