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.

Streetly End

Early-attested site in the Parish of West Wickham

Historical Forms

  • Stradleia 1086 InqEl
  • Strattleie, Stratleie ib.
  • Stratlege, Stratlegh, Stratle(e), Stratley(e) 1202 FF 1428 FA
  • Stratley cum Henhall 1570 SR
  • Stretlaie, Stretle 1086 InqEl 1366 FF
  • Stretlye, Stretleg(h), Stretley, Stretlie 1272 Ass 1630 Ely
  • Strethle 1170 LibEl
  • Stredlegh 1275 RH
  • Stredl(e) 1285 Ass
  • Stretele(e), Streteley(e) 1434 Pat
  • Strettle 1316 FA
  • Streetley End 1812 EnclA
  • Streleye 1230 Cl
  • Strale 13th Ely

Etymology

'Wood or clearing by the Roman road' (known popularly as Wool Street) (supra 31). v , strǣt , lēah .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement