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Stoke Mill

Other OS name in the Parish of East Stoke

Historical Forms

  • molend' de Stokes 1244 Ass
  • Stoke farme (and Mill) 1621 Strode 17

Etymology

, molend ' de Stokes 1244Ass , Stoke farme (and Mill )1621(17) Strode , cf. Mulham 1284 Cl , Mill Cl 1843TA , v. myln , hamm ; if the identification of the DB manor of Stoches with E Stoke supra is correct , there was also a mill here in 1086 (VCHDo 387) .