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.

Tookeys Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Feckenham

Etymology

We have a pers. name Tok (e )y here in a 13th cent. WoCh and in 1327 (SR). The farm is called Tookes Farm in 1619 (VCH iii. 119, n. 20) and Tuckers on the old 1″ map. It is clearly named from the family. Tookey itself is probably of Scandinavian origin, from ON  Tóki .