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Survey of English Place-Names

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Street Furlong

Other OS name in the Parish of Pontefract

Historical Forms

  • the streit furlong 1407 TestLds

Etymology

, 1712WYEnr 68 , 1757PontCD 299 , 'upon the streittoward Wentbrige called the streit furlong ' 1407 TestLds , v. strǣt , furlang ; the ' street ' is Watling Street .