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.

Severn Stoke

Major Settlement in the Parish of Severn Stoke

Historical Forms

  • Stoc 972 BCS1282 c.1050
  • Stoche 1086 DB
  • Stokes c.1086 EveB 1190
  • Stokes Roberti c.1086 EveA 1190
  • Savarnestoke, Savernestok' 1212 Fees139 1232 Cl c.1245 Bodl5 1272 FF
  • Severnestok 1275 SR
  • Syuernestoke 1350 FF

Etymology

The stoc by the Severn.' The Robertus is unknown.