English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Tockenham

Major Settlement in the Parish of Tockenham

Historical Forms

  • Tockenham 854 BCS481 15th Cl 1322 Pat 1327
  • Thokenham 1202 FF
  • Est Tokkenham 1297 FF
  • Tokkenham 1316 FA
  • Estockenham, Westockenham 1332 SR
  • Tokkenham by Lyneham 1344 Pat
  • Tochehā 1086 DB
  • Tokeham 1194 P 1255 RH
  • Thokeham 1196 Cur
  • Tocham 1198 Fees
  • West Tokeham 1272 FF
  • Tockeham 1294 FF
  • Tokenham 1289 Ass
  • Tokynham 1348 Pat

Etymology

'Toc (c )a 's ham(m).' In the bounds of Clyffe Pypard adjoining (KCD 636) we have tocan stan , the same man giving name to the stone and the ham(m).

Places in the same Parish