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Stoke Great Fleet

lake or loch · Medway

Old EnglishAI-generated

Stoke Great Fleet refers to a large watercourse or channel ('fleet') associated with the settlement of Stoke. 'Stoke' derives from Old English 'stoc' (place, village, stump).

Word origins

Stoke
Old Englishplace, village, or stump(from stoc "place, village, stump")
Great
Old Englishlarge(from grēat "large, great")
Fleet
Old Englishwatercourse, stream(from flēot "stream, estuary, ship")