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.

Stratton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Stratton

Historical Forms

  • Stratton 1212 Fees 1222,1226 Osm 1265 Pat 1268 Ass 1275 RH
  • Stratone 1270 ADI 1280
  • Strathon 1291 Tax
  • Strattene 1327 SR
  • Stretton 1348 Pat
  • Strotton 1546 Lane
  • Strayton als. Stratton 1606 1770 ib

Etymology

'farm on the Roman road', strǣt, tūn . The Dorchester-Ilchester road (Margary 47) was here joined by a branch from Stinsford (Margary 470).