Streatham
Major Settlement in the Parish of Streatham
Historical Forms
- Stretham 675,933(13th) BCS 697,1225 Ass
- Stratham 1062 KCD812 13th P 1175 Dugdvi c.1190 Ass 1255
- Strateham 1279 Ass
- Strattham 1295 SRSxxi
- Estreham 1086 DB
- Suthstretham 1244 FF
- Streteham 1247,1312,1405,1419 TootingCt 1432 FF
- Stertham 1383,1422 SR
- Streetham 1422 Cl
- Streatham 1510 LP
Etymology
'ham(m) by the street,' v. stræt . The nucleus of the old village is too far east of the line of Stane Street for us to take that to be the stræt , and the term probably refers to another Roman road of which the course has not as yet been fully established.