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Stoke, Stoke Bank, Stoke Bank Fm, Stoke Hall, Stoke Hall Lane & Stoke Park

Major Settlement in the Parish of Acton

Historical Forms

  • Stok 1260,1288 Court 1275,1280 P
  • Stoke 1270–1300 ChF 1288 Plea e14 AddCh
  • Stoke iuxta Cholmundeston 1339 Orm2
  • Stoke Hurdlestone 1369 Plea
  • Stooke 1513 ChEx
  • Stoak, Stoak Hall 1694 ChetOSviii

Etymology

'the hamlet', from stoc, with banke , hall , lane and park . The township adjoins Cholmondeston and Hurleston 136, 146supra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site