Wyegate Hill
Early-attested site in the Parish of St Briavels
Historical Forms
- Uuiggangeat 972 BCS1282 10th
- Wigheiete 1086 DB
- Wyget 1337 Ipm
- Wygatt(e) 1576 FF, MonLand 33
- Wygate 1629 GR329
- Wiggate 1551 Will
- Wiggett 1536 Inq
Etymology
'Wicga's gate', v. geat , doubtless a gate on Wyegate Lane where it crosses the parish boundary. The pers.n. is OE Wicga (cf. Wig Pool 220supra ); in later forms of the p.n. it has been influenced by R. Wye, ½ mile to the west.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Aylesmore Brook & Aylesmore Court
- Bearse Common & Bearse Fm
- Bigs Weir
- Coed-Ithel Weir
- The Hudnalls
- Lower Meend
- Mork, Mork Brook, Mork Hill
- Rodmore
- Stowe
- Willsbury
- Wyeseal Wood
Other OS name
- Allen's Grove
- Aydon
- Batmore Hill
- Bearse Roughet
- Birchfield Ho
- Boose Wood
- Bushyard Barn
- Castle Orchard
- Chapel Hay
- Church End
- Cinderhill Fm
- Close Turf
- Coldharbour
- Coppers Green
- Cop Well
- Dark Hill
- Dunkilns
- The Fence
- The Fields
- Floraworth
- Forest Fence
- Ghyll Ho
- The Gooselease
- Grove Ho
- Gumbers Land Barn
- Hampden
- Harpfield
- Hathaway Barn
- Highgrove
- Hoggins Fm
- Hollow Marsh
- Honeyfield Barn
- Kear's Grove
- Knoll Fm
- The Langett
- Leys Hill
- Lindors Fm
- Long Stone
- Lord's Grove
- Meg's Folly
- Mill Wood
- Mocking Hazel Wood
- The Nedge, Nedge Cop
- New Weir
- Oak Grove
- Orles Wood
- Park Barn
- Peaty Marsh
- Picket Hill
- Pickingtree Barn
- Quarry Grove
- Red Hill Grove
- Ridingstream Weir
- Roads Fm
- St Briavels Castle
- St Briavels Common
- St Margaret's Chapel, St Margaret's Grove & St Margaret's Well
- Shepherdfield Barn
- Sittinggreen
- Slade Bottom & Slade Wood
- Tilthams Tump
- The Tuffs
- Tyersall
- Tyrie
- Upcot
- Victuals Grove
- White Pool
- Willscroft Wood
- Woodroyd
- Wycholme