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==History== The place-name 'Startforth' is first attested circa 1050, when it appears as ''Stretford''. It is mentioned in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086 as ''Stradford''. The name means 'street-ford', and refers to the paved [[Ford (crossing)|ford]] by which the [[Roman road]] which passes through the village crosses the River Tees.<ref>[[Eilert Ekwall]], ''Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names'', p.439.</ref> The Roman road in question here linked the Roman forts of [[Bowes]] and [[Binchester]]. The paved ford is still visible in the bed of the river when the water is low.
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