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.

Straypark Corner

Early-attested site in the Parish of Brendon

Historical Forms

  • le Strayerpark 1425 MinAcct

Etymology

This must contain OFr  estraieure , 'goods left without an heir and hence passing to the lord' (Godefroi, Dictionnaire de l 'ancienne langue française s. v ). Here as in Straypark infra 317, it has been reduced to the more common 'stray,' used of beasts found without an owner.