Stephen Oak Riding
Early-attested site in the Parish of Brigstock
Historical Forms
- Steven Oke 1642 WoodsRept
Etymology
Stephen Oak Riding (6″) is Steven Oke 1642 Woods Rept, and takes its name from what Morton (397) describes as 'the capacious hollow old Tree call'd Stephens Oak , or as vulgarly King Stephen 's Oak , one of the Boundaries of Rockingham Forest….From this very Tree, according to Tradition, King Stephen once shot at a Deer.'