Editing Stratford-upon-Avon (section)

==Etymology==
The name is a combination of the [[Old English]] ''strǣt'' (from Latin ''[[stratum]]''), meaning 'street', ''[[ford (crossing)|ford]]'', indicating a shallow part of a river or stream, allowing it to be crossed by walking or driving, and ''avon'' which is a [[Celtic languages|Celtic]] word for river ([[Welsh language|Welsh]]: ''afon'').<ref name="LocalHistories">{{cite web|last1=Lambert|first1=Tim|title=A History of Stratford Upon Avon|url=http://www.localhistories.org/stratford.html|website=Localhistories.org|access-date=9 November 2016}}</ref><ref name="Oxforddictionariesblog_Avon">{{cite web|title=Reverting back to another language no-no {{!}} OxfordWords blog|url=http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2011/02/reverting-back/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630144511/http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2011/02/reverting-back/|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 June 2012|website=OxfordWords blog|access-date=10 February 2017|date=28 February 2011}}</ref> The 'street' was a [[Roman road]] which connected [[Icknield Street]] in [[Alcester]] to the [[Fosse Way]]. The ford, which has been used as a crossing since [[Roman Britain|Roman]] times, later became the location of [[Clopton Bridge]].<ref name="YorkTutors">{{cite web|title=Stratford-Upon-Avon – York Tutors|url=http://www.yorktutors.co.uk/our-centres/stratford-upon-avon/|website=York Tutors|access-date=14 November 2016|archive-date=30 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130013629/http://www.yorktutors.co.uk/our-centres/stratford-upon-avon/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="BritishHistory"/><ref name="StratfordUponAvon_August1996"/>

A survey of 1251–52 uses the name Stratford for the first time to identify Old Stratford and the newer [[Manor house|manor]]s.<ref name="BritishHistory"/><ref name="Holt">{{cite book|last1=Holt|first1=Richard|last2=Rosser|first2=Gervase|title=The Medieval Town in England 1200–1540|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gvTgAwAAQBAJ&q=Extenta+Manerii+de+Veteri+Stratford%2C+Middle+Hill+Press&pg=PA55|publisher=Routledge|access-date=11 November 2016|date=23 June 2014|isbn=9781317899815}}</ref> The name was used after that time to describe the area specifically surrounding the [[Church of the Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon|Holy Trinity Church]] and the street of the Old Town.<ref name="BritishHistory"/>