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.

Westgathe

Field in the Parish of Cabourne

Historical Forms

Westgathe c.1150 TYR 1150–60 Dane

Vestgate Hy2 Newh c.1150 TYR

Etymology

Westgathe(sic) 1150–60, Vestgate Hy2(Ed1), e13(Ed1)(v. west, gata)

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Cabourne