Saturday, 29 October 2011

Stoke - by any other name

This Stoke village is actually in… Devon.  But, heck, I just thought it was an interesting example of the fact that place-names, even those of major cities like Stoke-on-Trent, are very often not unique.

The etymology of the name Stoke is “a place where a fire is stirred up”.  So – it could be just about anywhere really…

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