Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Holmestreke 1485 Ct

Etymology

Homestreet Fm is Holmestreke in 1485 (Ct ). The first element is the common ME  holm ,'holly,' the second, as it dates from the 15th cent., may be a late form of OE  strica , 'mark, stroke,' used of a strip of land, or as Professor Ekwall suggests, it may represent an unrecorded OE  strēac , identical with EFris  strok , Du  strook , 'stripe.' streak is fairly common in Sussex field- names in TA , e.g. Great Streakes in Hellingly, The Streakes in Salehurst, cf. also Strakeland , Strecelond as field-names (1202).