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.

Stretch Down

Early-attested site in the Parish of Thelbridge

Historical Forms

  • Streccheton 1330 SR
  • Strecheston 1359 ADvi
  • Strecchederta 1359 ADvi

Etymology

There is a long stretch of land here above the Dart river. See further Strashleigh supra 273.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement