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Survey of English Place-Names

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Stoke Wake

Major Settlement in the Parish of Stoke Wake

Historical Forms

  • Stoche 1086 DB
  • Stoga Hy1 ShaftR 15
  • Stok 1212 Fees 15 ShaftR
  • Stoke 1332 SR 1375 Cl
  • 'Stoke in the forest of Blakemore' 1248 Pat
  • Stok(e) in Blakemore 1285 Hutch3 1290 Ch 1304 Hutch3
  • Stokes in Blakemore 15 ShaftR
  • Stoke Wake 1285 FA 1288 Ass 1348–50 Ipm 1360 Cl
  • Stoke Wak 1316 FA
  • Stok Wake 1360 Ipm
  • Stokewake 1405 Cl 1575 Saxton
  • Stoke Wake als. Cofyn (sic) 1428 FA
  • Stoke Cosin 1288 FF, Ass
  • Stoke Cosyn 1310 Banco
  • Stoke Cusyn in Blakemore 15 ShaftR
  • Stock Cosyn 1291 Tax

Etymology

'Outlying farm buildings, a secondary settlement', v. stoc , Blackmoor Forest infra . The manorial affixes are from the families of Wake (cf. Ralph Wak (e ) 1285 FA, 1290 Ch, etc) and Cosin (cf. William son of Thomas Cosin 1288 FF), v. Hutch3 4413–4, cf. East and West Stour pars. supra .