Strensall
Major Settlement in the Parish of Strensall
Historical Forms
- Strenshale 1086 DB
- Strensale 1127–8 YCh 1319 For
- Strenehal' 1167 P
- Streneshal(e) 1222 Pat 1251 Ass 1252 Ass 1281 Ebor
- Strenesale 1286,1292 For 1299 Ebor 1302 Ebor
- Strensall 1316 Vill 1451 Test
Etymology
'Streon's nook of land,' v. h(e)alh. The name Strēon (a ) is found in Bede's Streonæshalch (v. Whitby 126infra ), and in two lost places in Wo, (1) in Streoneshalh (KCD 1358) near Bengeworth and (2) on streon halh , be streonen halæ (BCS 1139) near Wick Episcopi. It appears as a name-element in OE Strēonbercht (LVD) and as a by-name in Godric Strēona . Cf. Stevenson's note in The Academy (July 11, 1885, 29).