Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Finkell street 1657,1659 WillS

• Finkill Street 1817 M

• Finkley-Street 1822 Langd

Etymology

Finkle Street, Finkell street 1657, 1659 WillS, Finkill Street 1817 M, Finkley -Street 1822 Langd. This is a rural example of the common NCy st.n., as in Finkle St. passim ; cf. also Fink Hill iii, 60, Finkle Edge 341, Finkle Lane iii, 223, Finkle Holme (Moor Monkton) pt. iv, etc. infra . Here it is now the name of a farm, but doubtless once referred to Finkle Street Lane. It probably means 'road with a bend in it', v. fenkel 2 , strǣt . The lane (no. B.6088) has bends in it (grid 102–305990), but since street is not normally used of a minor lane of this kind the name may have been transferred from some urban example.