Strensham
Major Settlement in the Parish of Strensham
Historical Forms
- Strengesho 972 BCS1282 c.1050
- Strenchesham c.1086 EveA 1190 Ass 1275
- Strengesham a.1198 AOMB61 1210 RBE 1212 Fees139 1275 SR 1291 Tax 1346 FA 1349 Wigorn 1428 FA
- Strenesham 1214 Ipm
- Strongesham 1227 FF
- Stringesham, Stryngesham 1328 Ch 1397 Pat
- Streynsham, Streinsham 1431 FA 1547 Pat
- Straynsham 1471 Pat
- Strensham 16th Wills
Etymology
There would seem to have been an OE pers. name Streng to judge from this name and from Stringston (So), Strengestune DB, Strengesburna in the bounds of Pensax in Heming (246) and an unidentified Strengesburieles (BCS 458, Stevenson MSS), but no parallel has been noted in the other Germanic languages. It is presumably OE strenge , 'strong,' and must originally have been a nickname. The name therefore means 'Strong's homestead,' v. ham . In the first form the suffix is OE hoh and the reference is to the cliff above the Severn on which Strensham stands.