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.

Stratford

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ripple

Historical Forms

Stretford 1182 RBB 18th Pat 1319,1347 Surv 1649

Etymology

'Road-ford.' This carries the Saltway or Worcester-Tewkesbury road over Ripple Brook. v. stræt , ford .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Ripple