English Place-name Society

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.

North St

Other OS name in the Parish of Theale

Historical Forms

  • Northstrete 1441 RentSur
  • Northestrete 1555 ib
  • venell' voc' Northstreetlane 1661 LRMB

Etymology

, Northstrete 1441RentSur , Northestrete 1555ib , venell ' voc ' Northstreetlane 1661LRMB , street is used in the sense ' hamlet ' and north refers to the position N . of Theale .