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.

Sterlyngescroftesend

Field in the Parish of Cawston

Historical Forms

  • Sterlyngescroftesend 1453 Ct

Etymology

Sterlyngescroftesend 1453 Ct Schram(OE  stærling'starling',here no doubt the surname, v. Reaney s.n., croft and ende)