Revelstoke
Major Settlement in the Parish of Revelstoke
Historical Forms
- Rawelestok 1219 Ass
- Ravelsto(c)ke 1546,1571 SR
- Rewelstoke 1418 ADvi
- Reuelstok 1500 FF
- Revelstok(e) 1525 SR 1535 VE
- Roulestok 1441 Exon
- Rolstoke 1538 LP
Etymology
v. stoc(c). The place must take its name from the Revel family which became important in the south-west in the 12th cent. Richard Revel was sheriff of Devon in the reign of Richard I.