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 Row

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ipsden

Historical Forms

  • Stoke Rewe 1435 BC c.1444
  • Stokerewe 1640 FF
  • Stokerowe 1659 FF
  • Stokerew 1745 FF

Etymology

Stoke Row is Stoke Rewe 1435 (c. 1444) BC, Stokerewe 1640FF , Stokerowe 1659FF , Stokerew 1745FF . v. stoc , rǣw . It is impossible to tell whether this was a row of houses connected with one of the places called Stoke in this part of the country, or an independent settlement for which the forms happen to be rather late.