Manor
Voka Manor
Voka's German name changed in 1781 from Fockenhof, after the Fock family who had held it since Swedish times, to Choudleigh, a reminder of its most exotic owner, the Duchess of Kingston, Elizabeth Chudleigh, who owned Voka, Ontika and Toila in 1775–1778. The Focks left their mark too: Jõhvi church still has a chandelier donated in 1641 by Johann Fock, a Narva councillor and lord of Voka. In 1917 the estate was bought by the Russian Peasant Land Bank, and in 1919 all such bank estates passed to the Estonian Republic. The manor house burned down in 1944 and its ruins were cleared away.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Voka saksakeelne nimi muutus 1781. aastal: senise Fockenhofi – Rootsi ajast mõisa valdanud Fockide järgi – asemel sai see nime Choudleigh, mis meenutab mõisa eksootilisemat omanikku, Kingstoni hertsoginnat Elizabeth Chudleighit, kellele aastatel 1775–1778 kuulusid Voka, Ontika ja Toila. Ka Fockid jätsid jälje: Jõhvi kirikus on tänini kroonlühter, mille kinkis 1641. aastal Narva raehärra ja Voka mõisnik Johann Fock. 1917. aastal ostis mõisa Vene Talurahva Põllupank ning 1919. aastal läksid kõik panga mõisad Eesti Vabariigile. Peahoone põles 1944. aastal ja varemed lammutati.