It used to be a small village until the second half of 20th century, when a large housing estate was built west of Stochov to accommodate the increasing number of people working in coal mines in the Kladno area in the 1950s and 1960s.
Before the late 20th century, it was a small village. However, a significant housing development was built west of Stochov to provide accommodation for an expanding workforce at coal mines in the Kladno area during the 1950s and 1960s.