English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Middle Street

Other OS name in the Parish of Glentworth

Historical Forms

  • Aldestrete c1234 Newh Ed1
  • le Aldestrete Hy3 Newh Ed1

Etymology

is to be identified with Aldestrete c1234 (Ed1) Newh , le Aldestrete Hy3 (Ed1) Newh , cf. stret buts Hy3 (Ed1) Newh , stretebuttes lHy3 (Ed1) Newh ( v. butte ' a strip of land abutting on aboundary ' ) , the Street 1780Terrier , v. ald , strǣt , the name of the medieval trackway running along the clif above the village .