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 Water (Dairy), Stoke Water Fm & Stoke Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Stoke Abbott

Historical Forms

  • Stoke Water 1702 SxAS
  • Stokewater Farm, Stokewater Green (Stokewater), Stokewater Cowleaze 1839 TA

Etymology

( Kelly ) ( 1 ″ ) , Stoke Water 1702SxAS , Stokewater Farm ,Stokewater Green (Stokewater ), Stokewater Cowleaze 1839TA ; Stoke Water is the name of the stream , a tributary of R . Brit , which forms the E bdy of the par . , v. wæter , par . name supra .