Street is a large village and
civil parish in the county of
Somerset, England. The 2011 census recorded the parish as having a population of 11,805. It is situated on a dry spot in the
Somerset Levels, at the end of the
Polden Hills, south-west of
Glastonbury. There is evidence of Roman occupation. Much of the history of the village is dominated by
Glastonbury Abbey until the
Dissolution of the Monasteries, and indeed its name comes from a 12th-century causeway from Glastonbury which was built to transport local
Blue Lias stone from what is now Street to rebuild the Abbey, although it had previously been known as
Lantokay and Lega.