Stoke

Stoke may refer to the following:

Place names

United Kingdom

  • Stoke is one of the most common place names in the United Kingdom and in historical documents.

Originally from the Old English 'stoc' meaning 'place', it came to be used in two special senses, i) a religious place and ii) a secondary settlement (see Roome ISBN 0-7475-0170-X)

It can refer to any of the following places:

New Zealand

Sports

Related pages

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