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.

Stonegate, Beck, Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Danby

Historical Forms

  • Staingateside, Stayngateside 12,1223 Guis 1223 FF
  • Staingatelith 1233 Guis

Etymology

'Hill-side along which the stone(-paved) road runs' v. steinn , gata , sid . Cf. Stonegate (York), Stainegate 1118–35RegAlb ii. 5 d , etc.Staingatelith contains hlið .

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