South Stoke
Major Settlement in the Parish of South Stoke
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).