Stoke
Major Settlement in the Parish of Stoke
Historical Forms
- Stochæ 1086 DB
- Stoch' 1156 P
- Stok(e) 1232 Cl
- Stokes 1154 RBE 1202 P 1212 Fees
- Stokes by Guldeford 1317 Ipm
- Stok juxta Guldeford 1214 Ch 1232
- Stokeguldeforde 1436 Endowments
Etymology
v. stoc(c). Here the reference may have been to some place defending the northern approach to Guildford by the river.