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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.

Strenshal

Early-attested site in the Parish of Eskdale and Wasdale

Etymology

No mention of the name has been found before the 19th century (Stential 1837 Surveyors Accounts ), but the name seems to be identical with Strensall (WRY) and Streonæshalch , the original name of Whitby (PN NRY 126). The first element seems to be related to OE  gestrēon , 'profit, gain,' but the sense in which it was used in these compounds is uncertain.