Noke
Major Settlement in the Parish of Noke
Historical Forms
- Acam 1086 DB
- Aca c.1170–90 Eynsh
- Lac 1191 P
- Lake 1199 FF 1220,1242–3 Fees
- Ake 1213–28 Eynsh 1397 Cl
- Ak c.1270,c.1280 StJohn
- Acham 1086 DB
- Acha 1163 P
- Acla 1163 P
- Alke 1242 P
- Ok' 1235–6 Fees
- Oke 1254–5 RH 1476 AD
- la Oke 1264–8 Eynsh
- Le Oke 1285 Ass
- La Oke alias Oke 1307 Ipm
- Ok 1327 Ipm 1332 Cl
- La Hoke 1285 Ass
- Hak' c.1290 StJohn
- Noke 1382 Cl 1468 AD early18th ParColl
- Nocke 1590 Blo
- Noake early18th ParColl
Etymology
'The oak tree,' OE āc. The N - has been transferred from the article in the phrase atten oke (cf. Nethercote 113). The occasional forms with L - have the French definite article prefixed.