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.

Mutton St

Other OS name in the Parish of Marshwood

Historical Forms

  • terram…quam Stephanus Payn tenuit in manerio de Mersuude que vocatur La Strete Hy3 HarlCh
  • La Strete 1329 ib
  • atte Strete 1332 SR

Etymology

, a stretch of country road crossing the par . towards the village , perhaps to be associated with terramquam Stephanus Payn tenuit in manerio de Mersuude que vocatur La Strete Hy 3HarlCh , La Strete 1329ib , Walter atte Strete 1332 SR ( a taxpayer in this par . ) , v. strǣt .