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.

High Street

Other OS name in the Parish of North Willingham

Historical Forms

  • the High Streete 1682 NW
  • the high Street 1693 ib

Etymology

, the High Streete 1682NW , the high Street 1693ib , the name of the ancient trackway from Horncastle to Caistor , called Middlegate Lane from Caistor to South Ferriby .