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

  • Stoche 1086 DB
  • Stok(e) 1204,1236,1241 FF 1265 Misc
  • Stokes (in Peco) 1199 Ch 1285 FF 1228 Abbr 1301 Pat 1324
  • Stooke 1658 DbAxi

Etymology

'Place', perhaps 'cattle-farm, dairy-farm', v. stoc ; it was probably a dependent settlement of Hope.

Places in the same Parish