Soke

Soke, Winchester
settlement
parish:
county:
coords:
Winchester
Hampshire
SU4829
refce: HANTSLOC.t

old map: 25inch County Series map -- Hants XLI.1325inch County Series map -- Hants XLI.13

old map
Soak
Shown on an old map by Blaeu 1645
- settlement, hamlet - Fawley Hundred - Hantshire
refce: Blaeu 1645
(BLA1SU42.jpg)

old map
Soak
Shown on an old map by Speed 1611
- settlement, hamlet - Fawley Hundred - Hantshire
refce: Speed 1611
(SPD1SU42.jpg)

description
Soken, The
The place is described in text Leland 1535-43

refce: Leland 1535-43
Ther is a suburbe at the est gate of sum caullid the Soken: and is the biggest of al the suburbes longging to the cyte of Winchester.
Minns says:- The Soke, so called from the Saxon soc, which signifies a free domain, the independent jurisdiction of the Bishop with its own Courts and a taxation probably lighter than that within the city.
In this suburbe be 2. paroche chirchis: ...

   Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001