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.

Street Houses

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bolton Percy

Historical Forms

  • Strete 1293 QW
  • Streythouses 1558 WillY 1591 ib
  • Streythouses 1588 ib

Etymology

Street Houses, 1635 WillY, Strete 1293 QW, Streythouses 1558 WillY, 1591 ib, Streythouses 1588 ib, v. strǣt (here the Roman road from York to Tadcaster), hūs .