English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Street Hey

Early-attested site in the Parish of Neston

Historical Forms

  • the Straitway Hey Meadow 1688 Sheaf
  • Streety Hey Lane 1831 Bry
  • Street Hay 1843 TA

Etymology

Street Hey (109–338785), the Straitway Hey Meadow 1688 Sheaf, Streety Hey Lane 1831 Bry, Street Hay 1843TA , 'enclosure on the street-way', from strǣt and weg , with (ge)hæg, on the line of (le )Blakestret (e )198supra and 1 39 (Route III), 330.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site