Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Strantun c.1130 Ch

• Straintune c.1190 RD

• Straynton 1500etfreqto1567 IPM

• Stranton 1158 Pipe 1200 FF 1242×3 Ass 1304 Bek 1312 RPD c.1348 Wills 1381etfreqto1637 IPM 1410 Lang 1433 ChancH 1497×8 Rav 1507 DST 1566 Ct 1588,1590 Wills 1685 GD 1717 Hud

• Strantona c.1180 YCh659

• Strantone 1242×3 Ass 1311×2 GD

• Stranton' 1313,1322(p),1330 Ct 1438×9 Vis 1472 Rav

• Straunton c.1300 GD 1451 DST

• Stranton 1357 Spec 1406 Pont

• St'nton 1407 Ct

Etymology

'The settlement, farm, estate on the shore', OE  strand + tūn, cf. Surtees III121, “A pleasant scattered village, scarcely a quarter of a mile from the sea-beach, surrounded by rich inclosed lands. The name is evidently derived from the situation, the vill on the sea strand; for the cliffs, which run high to the Southward, fall gradually, leaving opposite Stranton a smooth level shore, gently embayed.”