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.

Holl Gate

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hackness

Historical Forms

  • Holgate 1268 Whitby

Etymology

v. hol , gata and cf. Howlgate 85supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement