Stoke
Major Settlement in the Parish of Stoke
Historical Forms
- Stoche 1086 DB
- Stok(e) 1204,1236,1241 FF 1265 Misc
- Stokes (in Peco) 1199 Ch 1285 FF 1228 Abbr 1301 Pat 1324
- Stooke 1658 DbAxi
Etymology
'Place', perhaps 'cattle-farm, dairy-farm', v. stoc ; it was probably a dependent settlement of Hope.