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.

Oakham Soke Hundred

Hundred in the County of Rutland

Historical Forms

  • Hundreda de Okeham cum Martynesley 1428 FA
  • the five Hundreds of County Rotlond, viz. Alstow Hundred, Mertley Hundred, Wrandyke Hundred, Okam Sokon and the Esthundred 1522 MilS
  • soca de Okeham 1535 VE
  • Oukhamsook Hundred 1610 Speed
  • Okeham Soak Hundred 1695 Map
  • ad socam de Ocheham 1086 DB