Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Stryndes 1591 SheffMan 1660 WillS

• Strynds 1771 M

Etymology

Strines, Stryndes 1591 SheffMan, 1660 WillS, Strynds 1771 M.v. strind 'a stream'; cf. dial. strine 'a ditch, a water-channel' and also 'a stride' (which suggests that it might have been used of a narrow river-crossing (as in Strid (Bolton) pt. vi). Strines is above Strines Dike now crossed by Strines Bridge. The word usually means a water- channel in p.ns., and it is most frequent in the southern parts of the Pennines; there are other examples infra in minor names and field- names (Strines 327, iii, 88, 199, Strines Beck iii, 120, Strines Wood iii, 186, etc.).