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.

Streak's Gill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ticehurst

Historical Forms

  • land called le Strake 1310 Pens

Etymology

Streak's Gill (6″) is land called le Strake 1310 Pens, Straks 1605 Pashley MSS . Presumably this is the word strake used of a narrow strip of land, v. NEDs. v. Further examples of this word as a field-name are to be found in le Strake (1427), Longestrake (1399, 1467), The strokes (1606).