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.

Stokenham

Major Settlement in the Parish of Stokenham

Historical Forms

  • Stokes 1242 Fees790 1258 FF
  • Stoke 1291 Tax
  • Stok(e) in Hamme 1276 RH 1344 Ipm
  • Stokes in Hamme 1287 Cl
  • Stokes in the Hamme 1303 FA
  • Stokes in Hammes 1322 FF
  • Stokeinhamme 1341 Ipm
  • Stoke in Hampne 1359 Ass
  • Stokein le Hame 1423 IpmR
  • Stokenhamton 1402 IpmR
  • Stawkenham 1576 SR
  • Stockenham al. Stockingham 1714 Recov

Etymology

v. stoc(c), hamm , and South Hams supra 264.