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.

bond gate

Field in the Parish of Ashby cum Fenby

Historical Forms

  • bond gate 1664 Terrier
  • Bendgate 1690 Terrier

Etymology

bond gate 1664, Bendgate(sic) 1690(v. gata; the first el. ispossibly ME  bond(e)'bondman' from ODan  bondi'peasant proprietor')