Thank you, Garry. Now I'm a little wiser. Juliet ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 9:39 PM Subject: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] STREATFIELD > STREATFIELD - Street was originally used to describe a Roman road > in England. DE STRATAVILLA may have been the > Latin name at baptism. Strata may be the same as > the Italian word strada which meant road. Villa just > means house. While Italian families did emigrate to > England, I am not aware of this name being from Italy. > > So the best meaning for this name, in my opinion, > is "dweller at the field of the Roman road." > > There was a Streatfield (sic) in E. Sussex called > "Stretfelde" in the 1500's. I take this to be a road > rather than a family name. > > The name "Street" is found as early as the 1300's > in England. > > Gary Radcliffe > > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.250 / Virus Database: 123 - Release Date: 18/04/01