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"Stoke" is Anglo-Saxon for "place", as is "stock" in "Woodstock".

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Stoke typically means 'a small settlement' in Old English. In the place name 'Stoke Bruerne', 'Stoke' likely refers to a small settlement or village, while 'Bruerne' could refer to the Brookes family who owned land in the area.

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