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 Rivers

Major Settlement in the Parish of Stoke Rivers

Historical Forms

  • Estocha 1086 DB(Exon)
  • Stoche
  • Stoke(s) 1242 Fees787 1291 Tax
  • Stoke Ryvers 1285 FA 1310 Ch 1339 Ipm
  • Stokerevers 1403 Exon

Etymology

v. stoc(c). In the 12th cent. the manor was held by the Redvers or Riveres family, the first earls of Devon.

Places in the same Parish