English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Stokenchurch

Major Settlement in the Parish of Stokenchurch

Historical Forms

  • Stockenechurch c.1200 BodlBerks22
  • Stokenechirch c.1205 BodlBerks36
  • Stokenechurche c.1210 Miss 14th
  • Stokkenechurch' 1224 Ass
  • Stockynchirche 1350 Pat
  • Stokynchurche 1355 ADvi
  • Stokyngcherche 1399 ADii
  • Stokkyngchyrche 1407 ADvi
  • Stokhamchyrche 1424 ADvi
  • Stokkyng Churche 1517 Encl
  • Stokyngchurch 1542 LP

Etymology

v. stoccen . The right pronunciation of this name is doubtless that with a short vowel but this seems to have been entirely replaced by a spelling pronunciation with long vowel.