Stoke
See also: stoke
English
[edit]
Etymology
[edit]From Old English stoc (“place”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Stoke
- Ellipsis of Stoke-on-Trent, a city in Staffordshire, England.
- 1946 November and December, “Notes and News: A North Staffordshire Railway Centenary”, in Railway Magazine, page 389:
- The main line of the L.N.W.R. passed to the west of the Potteries, and it is recorded that in August, 1846, two trains were run from Whitmore (the nearest station to Stoke) to Liverpool for the benefit of excursionists.
- A former civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire, now merged into Stoke and Hurleston civil parish.
- A village on Hayling Island, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7102).
- A village and civil parish in Medway borough, Kent, England; the parish includes Lower Stoke and Middle Stoke (OS grid ref TQ8275). [1]
- An eastern suburb of Coventry, West Midlands, England (there are a few places in Coventry with other affixes of Stoke) (OS grid ref SP3679). [2]
- A civil parish in Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire, England. [3][4]
- An outer suburb of Nelson, New Zealand, not far from Richmond, named after Stoke-by-Nayland in England. [5]
Usage notes
[edit]Stoke is also incorporated into many other English place names, which will be listed below.
Derived terms
[edit]- Bradley Stoke
- Chew Stoke
- East Stoke
- Harry Stoke
- Itchen Stoke
- Limpley Stoke
- Little Stoke
- Middle Stoke
- Purton Stoke
- Rodney Stoke
- Severn Stoke
- South Stoke
- Stoke Albany
- Stoke and Hurleston
- Stoke Bruerne
- Stoke-by-Clare
- Stoke-by-Nayland
- Stoke Canon
- Stoke Climsland
- Stoke D'Abernon
- Stoke Doyle
- Stoke Edith
- Stoke Ferry
- Stoke Fleming
- Stoke Gabriel
- Stoke Gifford
- Stoke Hammond
- Stoke Holy Cross
- Stoke Lyne
- Stoke Mandeville
- Stoke Newington
- Stoke on Tern
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Stoke Orchard
- Stoke Pero
- Stoke Poges
- Stoke Prior
- Stoke Rochford
- Stoke St Gregory
- Stoke St Mary
- Stoke St Michael
- Stoke sub Hamdon
- Stoke Trister
- Stoke upon Tern
- Stoke Works
- Stokie
- West Stoke
References
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English ellipses
- English terms with quotations
- en:Former political divisions
- en:Places in Cheshire, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Villages in Hampshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Places in Hampshire, England
- en:Villages in Kent, England
- en:Civil parishes of Kent, England
- en:Places in Kent, England
- en:Suburbs in the West Midlands, England
- en:Places in the West Midlands, England
- en:Civil parishes of Worcestershire, England
- en:Places in Worcestershire, England
- en:Suburbs of Nelson, New Zealand
- en:Places in Nelson, New Zealand
- en:Places in New Zealand