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 Goldington

Major Settlement in the Parish of Stoke Goldington

Historical Forms

  • Stoches 1086 DB
  • Stoch Petri de golđ 1167 P
  • Stoke c.1215 WellsR
  • Stokes 1235 Fees461 1251 Ch
  • Stok 1241 Ass
  • Stoke Goldington 1262 Ass

Etymology

Peter of Goldington (co. Bedford) was an important tenant of the Honour of Peverel of Nottingham, to which the greater part of this place belonged. The association of his name with the place is at least as early as 1167.

Places in the same Parish