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 Fleming

Major Settlement in the Parish of Stoke Fleming

Historical Forms

  • Stoc 1086 DB
  • Stokes 1218 FF
  • Stoke Flandrensis 1261 Exon
  • Stokeflemeng 1270 Ass
  • Stokeflemyngg juxta Dertemuwe 1299 Ass

Etymology

v. stoc(c). The family of le Flemeng is first mentioned in connexion with the place in 1218 (FF).

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