English Explanatory Dictionary

Stockwell

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. A suburb in the borough of Lambeth, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3076).
  3. A hamlet in Bradninch parish, Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS9702).
  4. A hamlet in Birdlip parish, Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9414).
  5. A town in Barossa council area and Light Regional Council area, South Australia, named after Samuel Stockwell.
  6. A census-designated place in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States.
  7. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Stockwell Stockwells

Etymology

From Old English stocc (“tree trunk, stump”) + wella (“well, spring, stream”).

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