Startforth
Major Settlement in the Parish of Startforth
Historical Forms
- Stradford 1086 DB
- Stredford(e) c.1130 SD 1280 YI 1283 Rich
- Estredford(e) 1392 Test
- Stretford c.1130 SD 1259 Ass 1301 Ebor 1316 Vill
- Straford 1175–85 Leon22d 1302 Leon22d
- Stratford(e) 13 Leon23 1233 Cl 1399 Archd 1563 FF
- Stretteford 1301 LS
- Starforde 1563 FF
Etymology
'Ford where Watling Street crosses the river Tees' v. stræt , ford . On the earlier forms with Strad -, Stred -v. Förster, Keltisches Wortgut 118.