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 Walesby

Historical Forms

  • the hye streete 1579 Terrier
  • the streete, the highe streete 1611 Terrier

Etymology

, the hye streete 1579Terrier , the streete , the highe streete 1611Terrier , cf. streete furlonge 1579, 1611Terrier , Street furlong (e )1638, 1664, 1697, 1700Terrier , this is the name of the ancient trackway from Horncastle to Caistor , which becomes Middlegate Lane from Caistor to South Ferriby .