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Survey of English Place-Names

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Sterts

Other OS name in the Parish of English Bicknor

Historical Forms

  • the Sterte 1645 Comm
  • the Sterts 1669 ib
  • the Styrts 1692 ib

Etymology

, the Sterte 1645Comm , the Sterts 1669 ib, the Styrts 1692 ib , v. steort ' a narrow tailof land ' .