The 2000 acres Stockeld (also earlier known as Stokeld) A. H. Smith, The Place-Names of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Part 5 (EPNS 34), Cambridge 1961; http://placenames.org.uk/id/placename/34/001797 estate has its name from the half knight's fee of land held by Nigel de Stokeld (also Stockeld) in 1166, formerly part of the estates of William de Percy.