English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Haytongate

Early-attested site in the Parish of Burtholme

Historical Forms

  • Ayketongate 1589 ExchKR
  • Aytongate 1603 Gilsland
  • Aicktonyate 1626 Boothby
  • Haitongate 1669 PR(Laner)
  • Eyketon 1256 Laner

Etymology

This road (v. gata ) must have led to a lost Eyketon 1256Laner . eik , tūn and cf. Aikton infra 118.