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Soke Plantation, Aldermaston Soke

Other OS name in the Parish of Aldermaston

Etymology

, cf. Soak 1761 Rocque, 1790 Pride , Aldermaston Soak 1817 OS ; it is impossible to say whether this is OE  sōcn , ME  soke ' district overwhich a right of jurisdiction was exercised ' or soce dat . of soc ' sucking ' . The area is not obviously marshy , so the first alternative is probably to be preferred .