Stoke Great Fleet
lake or loch · Medway
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
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 EnglishAttestedplace, village, or stump(from stoc "place, village, stump")
- Great
- Old Englishlarge(from grēat "large, great")
- Fleet
- Old EnglishAttestedwatercourse, stream(from flēot "stream, estuary, ship")