Släkthistoria för Graystock
Graystock Vad efternamn betyder
from Greystoke (Cumb) which is recorded as Creistoc in 1167 Crekestoc in 1171–5 and Graystock in 129 The place-name derives from Old English stoc ‘place secondary settlement’ with an obscure first element possibly a lost Celtic river-name identical with the name of the River Cray (Kent) or perhaps if the unique 12th-century spelling Crekestoc is trustworthy Old Welsh creic ‘hill’ taken as a place-name.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
