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 Thoresway

Historical Forms

  • the streate 1579 Terrier
  • the streete 1625 Terrier

Etymology

is the streate 1579Terrier , the streete 1625Terrier , this is the name of the ridgeway from Horncastle to Caistor , known as Middlegate Lane northwards from Caistor to South Ferriby .