Strelley
Major Settlement in the Parish of Strelley
Historical Forms
- Straleia, Sraelie 1086 DB
- Stradeleie ib.
- Stradelega 1199 P
- Stradlega 1169,1172,1174 ib
- Stradlee 1211 Cur
- Stradleye 1211 RBE
- Stradleg' 1219 Fees 1229 Cl
- Stradlegha 1231 Bracton
- Stradleye 1258 Ass 1281 FF
- Stratlega 1168,1170,1173 P
- Stratlea 1168 CR
- Stratlei c.1180 Wollaton
- Stratleg 1218 DukRec 1227 Pat
- Strateleia c.1175 GenNSxvi
- Stretlei c.1175 Wollaton
- Stretlee c.1189 BorRec
- Stretleg 1212,1242 Fees 1252 Ch
- Stretleye 1283 Ipm 1293 Fees
- Streleia c.1190 Wollaton
- Strelleye 1283 Ipm
- Strelly 1284 FA
- Strelley 1321 FF 1342 NI 1353 Cl
- Stralleg' 1196 P
- Strallea 1202 ib
- Straleg' 1228 Cl
- Stralley(e) 1290,1335 For 1392 Pat
- Stredlega 1201–12 RBE
- Stredleie 1235 Fees
- Stredley(e) 1258,1280 Ass 1291 Tax 1428 FA
- Stritlegh 1265 Misc
- Stridley 1632 ParReg(Nottingham)
- Styrley 1539 LP
- Stirley 1607 Wills
Etymology
This name is clearly a compound of OE stræt and leah, 'clearing,' etc., but no Roman road is known to have existed in the neighbourhood. For Stirley , cf. Sturton supra 40.