Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Stirestorp 1086 DB

• Stirtorp 1276 RH

• Styresthorp 1284 Baild

• Styrestrop 1379 PT

• Steristhorp(e), Sterysthorp(e) 1294 YI 1379 PT 1404 MinAcct

• Stirstorp(e), Styrstorp(e) 1297 LS 1379 PT

• Styrsthorp 1324 MinAcct

• Storesthorp 1488 Ipm

• Stursthorppe 1582 FF

• Stristerop 1535 VE

• Strystropp als. Styrthorpe als. Styrsthorp 1583 FF

• Strystropp 1593 BWr

• Tristropp 1596 FF

• Tistrop or Sisthorpe field 1760 DoncD

• Sweet Thorp or Tistrop 1771 M

• Streetthorpe 1841 OS

Etymology

'Styr's outlying farmstead', v. þorp . The first el. is the ON  pers.n. Styrr , ODan  Styr (as in Stearsby YN 28). The later form Tristrop is due to metathesis, as is trop for thorp (cf. Phonol. § 53). The modern name Edenthorpe contains the surname Eden .