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.

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 .