A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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STOCK, or Stoke, a Saxon topographical word, originally "stocce,'' signifying "the stock or trunk of a tree,'' and used to designate places which were anciently surrounded or fortified with a stockade.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Place names: | STOCK | STOCK OR STOKE | STOKE |