Havenstreet

Havenstreet (also spelt Haven Street) is a village on the Isle of Wight, located about 2 miles southwest of Ryde, in the civil parish of Havenstreet and Ashey.

== Name == The name probably means 'the heathen street, i.e. the street though to have been built or used by pagans', from Old English hǣthen and strǣt. This is the most common theory. Jutish or Saxon settlers may have referred to ancient roads or tracks like this. The first element could have the more literal meaning 'heathland, heathy', with the meaning 'the street running through heathland', but this is less likely. The name could also mean 'the street (of houses) belonging to a man called (Richard) la Hethene' , from a document relating to Havenstreet in ~1250. The name has no association with a haven.