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.

Start Fm and Start Point

Early-attested site in the Parish of Stokenham

Historical Forms

  • La Sterte 1310 Ipm
  • Stertt 1514 LP
  • a great foreland into the se caullid the Sterte c.1550 Leland
  • Start point 1586 H

Etymology

v. steort .