What is Stoke?
{{enWiktionary|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names== ===United Kingdom=== *'''Stoke''' is one of the most common place names in the [[United Kingdom]] and in historical documents.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: *[[Stoke-on-Trent]], Staffordshire **[[Stoke-upon-Trent]], a town in the city of Stoke-on-Trent *[[Stoke, Chester]], Cheshire *[[Stoke, Crewe and Nantwich]], Cheshire *[[Stoke, Devon]] *[[Stoke, Hampshire]] *[[Stoke, Hayling Island]], Hampshire *[[Stoke, Kent]] *[[Stoke, Suffolk]] in [[Ipswich]] *[[Stoke Abbott]], Dorset *[[Stoke Ash]], [[Suffolk]] *[[Stoke Bardolph]], Nottinghamshire *[[Stoke Bishop]], Bristol *[[Stoke Bliss]], [[Herefordshire]] *[[Stoke Bruerne]], Northamptonshire *[[Stoke by Clare]], Suffolk *[[Stoke-by-Nayland]], Suffolk *[[Stoke Canon]], Devon *[[Stoke Charity]], [[Hampshire]] *[[Stoke Climsland]], Cornwall *[[Stoke d'Abernon]], Surrey *[[Stoke Doyle]], [[Northamptonshire]] *[[Stoke Dry]], Rutland *[[Stoke Edith]], Herefordshire *[[Stoke Ferry]], Norfolk *[[Stoke Fleming]], Devon *[[Stoke Gabriel]], Devon *[[Stoke Gifford]], Bristol *[[Stoke Golding]], Leicestershire *[[Stoke Goldington]], Milton Keynes *[[Stoke next Guildford]], [[Surrey]] *[[Stoke Hammond]], Buckinghamshire *[[Stoke Heath, Shropshire]] *[[Stoke Heath, Worcestershire]] *[[Stoke Holy Cross]], Norfolk *[[Stoke Lacy, Herefordshire]] *[[Stoke Lyne, Oxfordshire]] *[[Stoke Mandeville]], Buckinghamshire *[[Stoke Newington]], London *[[Stoke on Tern]], Shropshire *[[Stoke Orchard]], Gloucestershire *[[Stoke Poges]], Buckinghamshire *[[Stoke Pound]], [[Worcestershire]] *[[Stoke Prior, Herefordshire]] *[[Stoke Prior, Worcestershire]] *[[Stoke Rivers]], Devon *[[Stoke Rochford]], Lincolnshire *[[Stoke Row, Berkshire]] *[[Stoke Row, Oxfordshire]] *[[Stoke St Gregory]], Somerset *[[Stoke St Mary]], Somers