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.

North Stoke

Early-attested site in the Parish of Crowmarsh

Historical Forms

  • Estoche 1086 DB
  • Estoches 1087 EHRxl 15th
  • Stoches 1086 DB c.1110 EHRxl 15th
  • Stokes c.1181 Gor 1275–6 RH
  • Stokes Basset 1219 Fees
  • Sthokes 1220 Fees
  • Stokesbasset 1290 Ch
  • Stoke 1209–18 WellsR 1300 Ipm
  • Northstok 1218 Cl
  • Stok' 1224 Cl 1235–6 Fees
  • Stoke-bassete 1226–7 WellsR
  • Stok' Basset 1235–6 Fees 1428 FA
  • Stoke Mulys 1311 Ipm 1469 Gor
  • Northestoke 1479 Cooke

Etymology

v. stoc . Thomas Basset and his wife are mentioned c. 1181 Gor as having given the church to Goring. Roger de Molis is granted free warren here 1290 Ch. The spellings with E - are due to French influence.