West Stockwith

Coordinates: 53°26′38″N 0°48′40″W / 53.4439°N 0.8111°W / 53.4439; -0.8111

West Stockwith is a village within the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England. it lies on the west bank of the River Trent, 3 miles (4.8 km) north-west of Gainsborough and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of Misterton. West Stockwith is an ecclesiastical parish in the Church of England Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham with the parish church of St Mary the Virgin's Church, West Stockwith being built in 1722.

East Stockwith is a settlement on the other side of the Trent, but within the county boundaries of Lincolnshire. The two villages were once linked together by a passenger ferry.

Etymology

Unlike other places in the region which have "with" in their names, which is usually from Old Norse vīōr "wood", cognate with Old English wudu "wood", the second element here is Old Norse wath "ford, river crossing", as seen in Wath upon Dearne. The first element is less clear: it is either Old English stocc "tree-trunk" or stoc "village, outlying farmstead" (as seen in Stoke-on-Trent and Stoke Poges. The name was recorded as Wessockiv in 1139.