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.

Streel Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Mayfield

Historical Forms

  • Strelewode, Strelane 1333 Ct

Etymology

Streel Fm is to be identified with Strelewode , Strelane 1333Ct , cf. Streele Fm supra 155. The site here is a strip of land, with a narrow valley running up on either side of it, so that the shape is not unlike an arrow-head.