Stockley

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proper noun

A hamlet in Okehampton Hamlets parish, West Devon district, Devon, England, adjacent to Stockley Hamlet (OS grid ref SX6096).

OriginOld English stocc →
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Meanings

proper nounStockley (countable and uncountable, plural Stockleys)

plural Stockleys

  1. A placename:
    1. countableuncountableA hamlet in Okehampton Hamlets parish, West Devon district, Devon, England, adjacent to Stockley Hamlet (OS grid ref SX6096).
    2. countableuncountableA village in Calne Without parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU002674).
    3. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware, United States.
  2. countableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishstocc“log, stump, tree trunk”
  2. EnglishStockley

From Old English stocc (“log, stump, tree trunk”) + lēah (“clearing, glade”). Equivalent to stock + -ley (“lea”).

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APA

Stockley. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stockley

MLA

“Stockley.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stockley. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Stockley,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stockley.

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