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Great Strickland

Major Settlement in the Parish of Morland

Historical Forms

  • Stircland(a), Stirk(e)land(a), Styrkeland(a), -lond 1193,1197 P e.13 CWix,247 1208 FF 1234–6 Weth 1246 Abbr 1247 P 1401 Cl
  • Magna- 1292 Weth 1366 Pat 1383 Pedw79d
  • -laund(e) 1256 Ass2
  • Magna 1279 1292 QW
  • magna Sterkelangd 1278 Ass1d
  • Magna Stri(c)kland 1540 DRH
  • Mikell Striklond 1546 Rent
  • Gret Strickland(e), Greate Strickland(e) 1580,1643 PR(Mrl)

Etymology

'Stirk land', v. stirc , land , cf. Strickland Ketel (i, 151supra ); 'Great' or 'Mikell' (v. grēat , micel , Lat  magna ) to distinguish it from Little Strickland (ii, 152infra ).

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site