Stockwell.
A placename:
Meaning & usage
A placename: A suburb in the borough of Lambeth, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3076).
A placename: A hamlet in Bradninch parish, Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS9702).
A placename: A hamlet in Birdlip parish, Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9414).
A placename: A town in Barossa council area and Light Regional Council area, South Australia, named after Samuel Stockwell.
A placename: A census-designated place in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States.
A habitational surname from Old English.
Where this word comes from
From Old English stocc (“tree trunk, stump”) + wella (“well, spring, stream”).
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