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.

Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Orton

Etymology

, 1859 , OS , cf. Streethouse 1615 NB 488, 1777 M , v. strǣt ' street ' ; this is the road from Barnard Castle to Shap , but it is not known to be a Roman road .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement