Oaksey
Major Settlement in the Parish of Oaksey
Historical Forms
- Wochesie 1086 DB
- Wokesai 1196 Cur
- Wokeseia, Wokeseye, Wokesey 1197 FF 1428 FA
- Wogasca c.1180 BerkeleyCharters
- Wockesheye 1279 Ass
- Wokkeseye 1289 ib
- Wockesygh 1299 Ipm
- Wockesey(e) 1300 Misc 1324 FA 1337 Ipm
- Woxey 1452 Pat
- Okyssey 1535 VE
- Oxhay 1547 SR
- Oxey 1585 FF
- Ocksey t.Jas1 ECP
- Wokesey alias Oxhey 1638 Recov
- Okesey alias Woxy 1620 Aubrey
Etymology
'Wocc 's well-watered land,' v. eg . Cf. Woking (PN Sr 156).For the loss of the initial consonant cf. Ockendon (PN Ess 125–6) and Oaktrow in Cutcombe (So), Wochetreu DB, Woketrowe 1280 Ass, 1331 Ipm.