Limpley Stoke
Major Settlement in the Parish of Limpley Stoke
Historical Forms
- Hangyndestok 1263 For
- Hanging Stoke 1322 WMxxiii 1585 ib
- Hangyngestoke 1362 Cor
- Stoke 1333 SR 1522,1611 1539 WMv
- Stokewere 1348 Cor
- Lymply Stoke 1585 WMxxi
- Limplystoke 1613 PCC
- Limpley 1670 FF
- Lympley Stoke in the parish of Bradford 1784 Recov
Etymology
v. stoc . Originally called Hanging from its position below a steep hillside; cf. Hanging Houghton (PN Nth 126). There is a weir here by Avon Mill. The addition of Limpley remains an unsolved mystery.