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.

Custreet

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ilsington

Historical Forms

  • Cor(r)yngestret(e) 1306 Ass 1330 SR
  • Curryngestrete juxta Aynekesdon 1310 Ass
  • Curryngstrete 1339 Ass
  • Coristret 1339 Ass
  • Correstrete 1342 Exon
  • Custreete or Curstreete 1624 Deed

Etymology

If so, we have another example of the late use of connective ing. Cf. Murchington supra 453.