Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Street Lane 1831 Bry

• strata de Roda 1184 P

• cheminum de Rod(a) 1185,1186 ib

• Rodesti c.1270 AddCh

• Rode Lydyate, Rode Lidyate 1308 ib

Etymology

Street Lane (110–805587 to 810578), Street Lane 1831 Bry, strata de Roda 1184 P, cheminum de Rod (a )1185, 1186 ib, possibly associated with Rodesti c.1270AddCh , Rode Lydyate , Rode Lidyate 1308ib , since the reference in P is to a toll, cf. Lawton-Gate 320infra , v. stīg 'a path, a road', strǣt 'a paved road', hlid-geat 'a swing-gate', and Rode supra . The road may be part of a Roman road from Middlewich to Chesterton St, but more probably part of the Chesterton–Warrington route, cf. 317infra , 1 43, 44. Cf. Forge Mill, which is on this road, and styfordlone infra .