Stoke
Major Settlement in the Parish of Stoke
Historical Forms
- Stok 13 Whall 1271,1286 ChFor 1291 Tax 1360 BPR
- Stok in Wirhale 1311 Fine
- Stoke 1260 Court 1278 ChFor 1620 Sheaf
- Stoke in Wirrall 1291 Pap
- Stoke iuxta Pykton 1397 ChRR
- Stoke or Stoak 1819 Orm2
- Stokes in Wirhale 1284 ChF
- Stokes 1289 Court 1319 Pat 1365 BPR 1582 Orm2
- Stooke 1328 Bun 1462 ChRR
- Stoake 1666,1677 Sheaf 1766,1785 Bun 1772 Orm2
- Stoak 1724 NotCestr 1819,1882 Orm2
- Stoak or Stoke 1831 Bry
Etymology
'The dairy farms, the outlying hamlets', v. stoc (nom.pl. OE *stocu , ME stokes ). The township is in Wirral 17, adjacent to Picton 132supra .