Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Cattesstoke 843 ASCharters(S391)

• Stoke 843 BCS739(alsoS391)

• Stoche 1086 DB

• Estocha Exon

• Stok' 1212 Fees

• Stokes 1212 P

• Stoke 1317 MiltC

• Castesstok' (sic), Gatestok' (sic) 1280 Ass

• Cattestok', Kattestok' 1288 Ass

• Cattestok(e) 1291 Pap 1291 Tax 1300 Pat 1304 Winch 1311 Pat 1481 DCMCt

• Kattestocke 1577 Seymer 1682 Hutch3 1586

• Cattesstoke 1332 SR

• Catestok(e) 1288 Ass 1310 Inqaqd 1329 Winch 1369 Cl 1586 Hutch3

• Catestock 1298 FF

• Catesstok 1333 Drew

• Catstoke 1387 Pat 1487 Ipm

• Catstock(e) 1569 Ct e17 Weld1 1650 ParlSurv 1664 HTax 1774 Hutch1 1870 Hutch3

• Cattstocke 1612 Seymer 1682

• Cattistoke 1434 MiltRoll e15

• Cattistocke 1586 Hutch3

• Catistock 1811 OS

Etymology

Probably originally a simplex name, 'the outlying farm or secondary settlement', v. stoc , cf. Ekwall Studies2 21. Later the name of an early owner has been added, probably in the early to mid 13th cent., thus 'Catt's outlying farm or secondary settlement' or perhaps rather 'Catt's Stoke' (as a manorial addition to distinguish this place from others with the same name). It will be noted that the first form cited is in a post- Conquest copy. Thus Catt is most probably here an early ME byname or surname (from the animal name cat (t )), cf. Lufmancat 1066 (Ha) in Tengvik 360, various 12th-cent. examples of (le ) Cat noted by Fägersten 195 and Reaney-Wilson s.n. Catt , and somewhat later Do instances such as Richard Cat 1327 SR, Warin le Cat 1332 SR (Kingston Lacy). An OE  pers.n. *Catt (also from the animal word) has been assumed as a possible first el. for some English p.ns. such as Catsfield PN Sx 485 and Catworth PN Hu 237, but is perhaps not very likely here in spite of Watts CDEPN 20.

According to Hutch3 42, 'the parish appears to have been divided for a vast number of years, the same as at present, into the in-parish and the out-parish' (the latter comprising Chalmington, Chantmarle and Holway all infra ).