Woodstock
town · Oxfordshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Woodstock likely means a place in a wood where wood is gathered or stored. It is derived from Old English 'wudu' (wood) and 'stoc' (place, stock, or dairy farm).
Word origins
- Wood
- Old EnglishAttestedwood, forest(from wudu "wood")
- stock
- Old EnglishAttestedplace, stock, dairy farm(from stoc "place, stock")
Historical forms
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