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Street
is situated on a dry spot in the Somerset
Levels, at the end of the Polden
Hills, two miles south
west of Glastonbury.
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.
In
the 12th century the Roman causeway
from Glastonbury was
renewed, giving Street its name from the Latin "strata"
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