Oaken is a small village in
Staffordshire, England. The first mention of the Oaken place-name was in 1086 when it was listed in the
Domesday book
Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manus ...
as ''Ache''. Its origin appears to be from the
Old English
Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the mid-5th c ...
, ''ācum'' - (place of) the oaks.
Oaken lies just one mile west of
Codsall
Codsall is a large village in the South Staffordshire district of Staffordshire, England. It is situated 4.5 miles northwest of the city of Wolverhampton and 13 miles east-southeast of Telford. It forms part of the boundary of the Staffordshire ...
where the population taken at the
2011 census can be found. It is home to Oaken Terrace Nursing Home, a large nursing home situated just off Oaken Drive. Oaken's only pub is ''The Oaken Arms'', a Vintage Inns pub on Holyhead Road - formerly ''The Foaming Jug'', it re-opened in November 2010.
[http://www.fandbpartnership.com/news The F&B Partnership, "New opening Vintage Inn pub The Oaken Arms" (2010-11-13)]
See also
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Listed buildings in Codsall
Codsall is a civil parish in the district of South Staffordshire, Staffordshire, England. It contains 20 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England
The National Heritage List for England (NHLE) is England's of ...
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Villages in Staffordshire
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