Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Stoch 1086 DB

• Stoch' 1189–91 Eynsh

• Stoches 1109,1159–62 Eynsh c.1160 RegAntiquiss

• Stoke 1152–96 Eynsh 1406 Eynsh

• Bishopestoke (bis), Bossopstoke 1213–20 Eynsh

• Bissopstoke 1213–28,1220–7 Eynsh

• Stoke Abbatis 1268 Ass 1428 FA

• Stok' Einesham 1304 Gor

• Sowthstoke 1311 Eynsh

• Suthabbotestoke 1320,1 Eynsh

• South Stoke 1338–9,1487 Gor 1536 Eynsh

• Stokeabbot, Stoke Abbotes 1345 Gor 1428 FA

• Abbotestoke 1405 AD

• Stokes 1197–8 Eynsh 1270 Eynsh

• Stockes 1197–8,1193–1200 Eynsh

• Stokes Abbatis 1264–8 Eynsh

• Suthstok 1281 Ch 1318 Cl

• Stok Abbatis late13th Gor

• Stok Abbat' c.1290 Gor

• Stokabbot' 1320 Eynsh

Etymology

v. stoc , 'place.' It was part of the Bishop of Lincoln's manor of Dorchester in 1086, and was given to Eynsham in the early 12th century by Bishop Robert. Hence Bishopes - and -Abbotes etc. The name is given as “South Stoke, sometimes called Stoke Abbas” in Dickens's Dictionary of the Thames (1880).