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 Doyle

Major Settlement in the Parish of Stoke Doyle

Historical Forms

  • Stoche 1086 DB
  • Stokes 1175 P 1189 Ch 1332 FF 1199
  • Stoke extra Undel' 1210 Cur
  • Stokys juxta Pylketon 1285 Ass
  • Stokes by Undele 1301 Ipm
  • Stoke Doyly 1344 Ass 1431 Cl
  • Stoke Doyle 1621 FF
  • Stoke Doily 1791 Bridges

Etymology

v. stoc(c). John de Oyly held the manor in 1286 (Cl).

Places in the same Parish