64 DERBYSHIRE PLACE-NAMES. 



Stoney Houghton.— See Houghton, Stoney. 



Stoney or Stony Middleton.— See Middleton, Stoney. 



Streetly, Stetely or Steetley,— The initial syllable is A.S. strset, 

 strat, from L. stratum — a street, a way, a course, a public road or place ; 

 the suffix is A.S. leg, leag, lea, leah, lag, lah— a meadow, field, land ; 

 — the field on the street. 



Stretton.— (D.D.B. Streitvn, Stratvne )— The initial syllable is A.S. street, 

 strat, from the L. stratum — a street, a way, a course, a public road or 

 place, and is an element frequently found in the names of places on the 

 old Roman roads. The suffix is A.S. tun — a town. The town on the 

 street. Stretton is situated on the direct line of the Ryknield-street be- 

 tween Alfreton and Chesterfield. For the course taken by Ryknield- 

 street, see under Derby, supra. 



Stretton-en-le-Pields.— The etymology is as above. 



Strines. — Probably from A.S. streone — a watch tower. 



Stubley. — A.S. styb, stybb, steb — a stock, trunk or stump of a tree, and 

 A.S. leah— a field ;— the field by the tree stump. 



Sturston, Upper and Nether.— The initial syllable is probably 

 a personal name derived from the A.S. steor, styre-a young bullock, 

 a steer, or from the A.S. stser — a starling. The terminal syllable is A.S. 

 tun — a town. Stur's town. 



Sudbury.— (D.D.B. Sudberie, Svdberie.)— A.S. suth — south, and A.S. 

 burh, burg, burge, burhg, birig, by rig, — a city, town, fort, castle, a forti- 

 fied hill or place ; — the south city, fort or castle. 



Sutton-en-le-Dale. — (D.D.B. Svdtvne.) — A.S. suth — south, and A.S. 

 tun — a town ; — the south town in the dale. 



Sutton-on-the-Hill. — (D.D.B. Sudtun, Svdtvne.)— The south town on 

 the hill. For derivation, see above. 



Swadlincote. — (Sivardingescotes)— A.S. swsethe, swarth, swarthn— a ves- 

 tige, a trace, footstep, way, path, track, and A. S. lsen, len — a loan, a land 

 loan or leased land, and A.S. cote, cyte — a cot or cottage ; — the cottage 

 by the path on the leased land. 



Swanwick. — The initial syllable is probably derived from the A.S. swan, 

 swann— a swan, or it may be from the A.S. or N. personal name Svein, 

 Sweyn. The terminal syllable is from the A.S. wic (N. vik), a dwelling- 

 place, habitation, station, village, castle, or bay. The swan station or 

 bay, or Sweyn's castle, habitation or village. 



Swarkeston. — (D.D.B. Suerchestune, Sorchestvn.) — The initial syllable is 

 probably a personal name. The postfix is the A.S. tun — a town. 

 Swarke's town. 



Taddington. — (D.D.B. Tadintune.)— The first component of this place- 

 name is probably from tod — a fox, and adopted as a personal name— the 



