_Stoke_ (Vol. v., pp. 106. 161.).--At Erbistock, near this place (it is
called "Saint Erbyn's stoke" in the Valor Ecclesiasticus made temp.
Henry VIII.), there is a stone weir across the river Dee, which there
washes the base of the rock on which the Parish church is built. The use
of this weir is now only to divert a part of the stream to a corn mill;
but a weir may have been erected here in ancient times for the purpose
of catching salmon, as it is the first weir above Chester on the river
Dee. The name of Saint Erbyn is not to be found in the Calendar of Welsh
Saints; but I apprehend that the authority of the commissioners of Henry
VIII. may be deemed sufficient for placing his name in the next edition
of the Calendar that shall be published.
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Wrexham Regis.
The quotation from _Bosworth_ is doubtless correct. Blomfield, in his
_History of Norfolk_, when describing _Stoke-ferry_, says:
"This town stands on the river Wissey, and in the Book of Domesday
it is wrote '_Stoches_;' not taking its name from _stoch_, (i.e.)
some wood, but from _stow_, a dwelling or habitation, and _ches_,
or _kes_, by the water."
There are two villages of the name of _Stoke_ in Norfolk, and both are
situate on small streams.