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.

The Noake, Noke Court

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hucclecote

Historical Forms

  • Oke 1320 FF 1327 SR
  • (the) Noke 1455 GR281 1458 FF 1623 Dep
  • del Ok 1243,1258,c.1300 GlR
  • the Hoke c.1260 ib

Etymology

The Noake, Noke Court, Oke 1320 FF, 1327SR , (the ) Noke 1455GR 281, 1458FF et freq to 1623Dep , cf. also 'John of the Hoic ', 'John of the Ok ', 'John del Ok ' 1243, 1258, c. 1300 GlR, and 'John ad Aulam of the Hoke ' c. 1260 ib. '(At) the oak-tree', v. atten , āc , with initial N - from a wrong analysis of atten oke (Phonol. § 45).