plural of soke

(England, law, historical) A soc (a medieval right to hold a court or to receive fines). / (England, historical) A district under a particular jurisdiction.

(law, historical) Alternative form of soc and sac

a historic area associated with the City and Diocese of Peterborough in England, at one time part of Northamptonshire. It became an administrative county in 1888, and was merged with Huntingdonshire in 1965, becoming the county of Huntingdon and Peterborough.