Upper Stratton
suburban area · Swindon
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Upper Stratton is a settlement situated higher up than the main part of Stratton. Stratton is an Old English name meaning 'settlement on a stony road' or 'farmstead by a stony road'.
Word origins
- Upper
- Old Englishhigher, further up(from uf(e)ra "upper")
- Stratton
- Old EnglishAttestedsettlement on a stony road(from strāt "Roman road", tūn "farmstead, settlement")