Stokeham
Major Settlement in the Parish of Stokeham
Historical Forms
- Estoches 1086 DB
- Stokum 1242 Fees 1280 Ass 1281 FF 1497 NtIpm
- Stocum 1302 FA 1304 FF 1327 SR 1343 Cl
- Stocom 1406 FF
- Stockome 1522 Wills
- Stockham 1542 LP
- Stokecome 1553 Pat
- Stokeham 1577 FF
- Stokham 1598 ib
- Stoakeham 1652 ib
Etymology
Ekwall (DEPN s. n. and Studies 28) takes this to be the dat. pl. of stoc , 'place, subordinate settlement,' etc. The use of this word in the dat. pl. is curious but such an etymology is on the whole, except for the late forms Stockome , Sto (c )kham , the one that is most consistent with the later sound developments. These last forms would point to OE stoccum , 'at the stumps,' but are not consistent with the earliest or the latest forms.