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Survey of English Place-Names

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Strelley

Major Settlement in the Parish of Strelley

Historical Forms

  • Straleia, Sraelie 1086 DB
  • Stradeleie ib.
  • Stradelega 1199 P
  • Stradlega 1169,1172,1174 ib
  • Stradlee 1211 Cur
  • Stradleye 1211 RBE
  • Stradleg' 1219 Fees 1229 Cl
  • Stradlegha 1231 Bracton
  • Stradleye 1258 Ass 1281 FF
  • Stratlega 1168,1170,1173 P
  • Stratlea 1168 CR
  • Stratlei c.1180 Wollaton
  • Stratleg 1218 DukRec 1227 Pat
  • Strateleia c.1175 GenNSxvi
  • Stretlei c.1175 Wollaton
  • Stretlee c.1189 BorRec
  • Stretleg 1212,1242 Fees 1252 Ch
  • Stretleye 1283 Ipm 1293 Fees
  • Streleia c.1190 Wollaton
  • Strelleye 1283 Ipm
  • Strelly 1284 FA
  • Strelley 1321 FF 1342 NI 1353 Cl
  • Stralleg' 1196 P
  • Strallea 1202 ib
  • Straleg' 1228 Cl
  • Stralley(e) 1290,1335 For 1392 Pat
  • Stredlega 1201–12 RBE
  • Stredleie 1235 Fees
  • Stredley(e) 1258,1280 Ass 1291 Tax 1428 FA
  • Stritlegh 1265 Misc
  • Stridley 1632 ParReg(Nottingham)
  • Styrley 1539 LP
  • Stirley 1607 Wills

Etymology

This name is clearly a compound of OE  stræt and leah, 'clearing,' etc., but no Roman road is known to have existed in the neighbourhood. For Stirley , cf. Sturton supra 40.

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