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).