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  Street, Somerset - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The town has a population of 11,100 (2002 estimate).
Its earliest known name of the settlement was Lantokay, meaning the sacred enclosure of Kea, a Celtic saint.
In the Domesday Book it was recorded as Lega, a name still used throughout the country in the modern form, "Leigh", such as the villages of Lower Leigh, Middle Leigh and Overleigh to the south of the village.
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 The world's top lantokay websites
Lantokay was the earliest name for the settlement now called Street, Somerset, UK.
Most of the original sacred enclosure is still occupied by Street churchyard, with the Parish Church of Holy Trinity at its centre.
Clare Gathercole's article on Street for the Somerset County Council's Urban Archaeological Survey puts Lantokay in a historical context.
www.websbiggest.com /wiki-article-tab.cfm/lantokay   (199 words)

  
 Holy Trinity Street and Walton
Much of Mr Hollinrake's talk is adequately summarised in his own notes which are appended below, but he made a number of other interesting points.
St Kay (variously spelled), after whom the settlement (Lantokay) was named, was probably the first Christian to take over the sacred site and to surround it by a bank and ditch.
Lantokai was one of a number of very small estates granted to Glastonbury Abbey in the 7th century.
www.streetandwalton.co.uk /church/hollinrake.php   (1715 words)

  
 The Street Society -
Well-placed to experience these delights is the village of Street, a place that is far more interesting than it appears on first impression and richly deserving of exploration.
Originally known as Lantokay (the sacred enclosure of the Celtic St Kay), a settlement on dry ground where the parish church now stands, it later became known as 'Leigh' from the Old English word Leah - a clearing - and areas of Street are still known as 'Middle Leigh' and 'Overleigh'.
In the 12th Century the Roman causeway across the marshes from Glastonbury was renewed and the name Street derived from the Latin Strata - a paved road.
www.streetsociety.org /chairmans_history.php   (881 words)

  
 Lantokay, Street, Somerset - pub details # beerintheevening.com
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 BBC - Devon - Have Your Say on the Devon Flag
The following saints came over from Wales and Ireland, lived in and have/had dedications in Somerset.
Kea and Gildas in Street (formerly Lantokay, same as Landkey and Old Kea), Decuman in Watchet, Dyfrig (Dubricius) in Porlock, Petroc in Timberscombe, Carantoc in Carhampton, Congar in Congresbury, Columbanus in Cheddar, Brigid of Kildare in Brean and Chelvey and Beon in Meare.
Visitors to Glastonbury are supposed to have included Saints Patrick and David, the religious foudation itself may date back as early as 63 AD, predating the Church of Rome.
www.bbc.co.uk /devon/have_your_say/devon_flag_02.shtml   (7270 words)

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