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.

High Street

Other OS name in the Parish of Nettleton

Historical Forms

  • ye high street 1707 Terrier
  • the high street 1762 ib

Etymology

, ye high street 1707Terrier , the high street 1762ib , the name of the ridgeway from Horncastle to Caistor , known as Middlegate Lane northwards from Caistor to South Ferriby .