Strensall

Bernard Cornwell in his historical novel The Last Kingdom, describes a massacre at a nunnery in Streonshall which he gives as modern day Srensall in N Yorks. i cannot find a reference to a nunnery in Strensall which is where I live.

Reconstructing seventh-century place names - North York Moors Carla 2006

It seems far more likely that Streonshalle is the original name for Strensall, near York, and a number of eminent historians continue to argue that it was at Strensall and not Whitby that Hilda set up her abbey.

Nuns who played key roles in helping the nation to get the abbey habit 2007

It seems far more likely that Streonshalle is the original name for Strensall, near York, and a number of eminent historians continue to argue that it was at Strensall and not Whitby that Hilda set up her abbey.

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* I should note that some scholars argue that ‘Streanashalch’ is actually the modern village of Strensall a few miles outside York.

Reconstructing seventh-century place names - North York Moors Carla 2006

* I should note that some scholars argue that ‘Streanashalch’ is actually the modern village of Strensall a few miles outside York.

Archive 2006-05-01 Carla 2006

I wonder what the Germans look like, I have never fired a shot in anger yet, the wooden targets in Strensall camp are the nearest I have come to battle, apart from the thousands of shells that have landed on our positions for two solid weeks.

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I wonder what the Germans look like, I have never fired a shot in anger yet, the wooden targets in Strensall camp are the nearest I have come to battle, apart from the thousands of shells that have landed on our positions for two solid weeks.

`Tommy` Rogue Gunner 2006

Dennis - I think it likely that Bernard Cornwell may have taken the identification of Streanashalch as modern Strensall rather than as modern Whitby.

Reconstructing seventh-century place names - North York Moors Carla 2006

The writer comes to the same conclusion as me what a splendid fellow! and also adds a piece of evidence that I forgot to include in my post, namely that Bede says 'Streanashalch' was 13 miles from Hackness, which fits Whitby but not Strensall.

Reconstructing seventh-century place names - North York Moors Carla 2006

I'd never heard the Streanashalch/Strensall theory before.

Reconstructing seventh-century place names - North York Moors Carla 2006