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Stoke Mill(lost)

Other OS name in the Parish of Stoke Wake

Historical Forms

  • molend' domini 1417 Seymer
  • Stok Myll' 1548 Ct

Etymology

( lost ) , 1811 OS , molend ' domini 1417Seymer , Stok Myll '1548Ct , cf. Walter atte Mull (e )1332 SR , Robert atte Mull (e )1340 NI , Mullane , Mullelane 1415Seymer , Millelane ,Myllelane 1452Seymer , (Little ) Mill Mead , The Mill Orchard 1640Seymer , Mill (s ) Mead c. 1750Seymer , Stoake Mill Lane 1642Bundy , Mill-lane [Bridge]1791 Boswell , v. myln , atte ' atthe ' , lane ; there is mention of a mill at Stoke Wake in 1086DB (VCHDo 383) and in 1288 FF .