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.

Street Close

Other OS name in the Parish of Leathley

Etymology

, 1848TA , v. strǣt , referring to the road which runs along the north side of the R . Wharfe from Castley to Ilkley .