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Survey of English Place-Names

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The Strid, High Strid

Other OS name in the Parish of Skipton

Historical Forms

  • the Strid 1817 Whit

Etymology

, the Strid 1817Whit 212 , ' the striding place is called the Strid ' 1807 Wordsworth , the name of a very narrow channel through which the R . Wharfe flows , where it is possible to leap across , from OE  stride ' stride, step ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name