Stoke Canon
Major Settlement in the Parish of Stoke Canon
Historical Forms
- Hrócastoc 938 BCS723
- æt Stoctune c.970 BCS1244
- æt Stoce c.1060 Earle
- Stocha 1086 DB
- Stoke Canonicorum 1281,1288 Ass
- Stoke Canon 1535 VE
Etymology
The earlier name meant 'the rooks' stoc(c).' In 938 the manor was granted by Athelstan to Exeter monastery, whence the later name. Cf. Canonteign supra 430 and Canonbury (Mx).