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.

The Stryne

Other OS name in the Parish of Spondon

Historical Forms

  • Strondes 1371 Cor
  • le Strenges 1415 DuLaMB
  • Boroweash Strynd 1553 Lanc

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , Strondes 1371Cor (p), le Strenges 1415DuLaMB , Boroweash Strynd 1553Lanc , ' stream, water-channel ' , v. strind and cf. Strines supra 152 . It is now the name of an island in the R . Derwent .