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.

Stoke Bruerne

Major Settlement in the Parish of Stoke Bruerne

Historical Forms

  • Stoche 1086 DB 1283 Ipm
  • Stokes 1220,1235 Fees
  • Stok in Salcey forest 1296 Ipm
  • Stok(e)bruere 1275 RH 1279,1296 Ipm
  • Stokebrewere 1376 Cl 1406 ADiv
  • Stokebruerne 1428 FA
  • Stoke Bruin 1657 NRSi
  • Stoke-brewing 1710 ParReg
  • Stoke Brewin 1781 Recov

Etymology

v. stoc(c). William Briwerre held the manor t. John (For ).

Places in the same Parish