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.

Haggsgate

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ingleby Greenhow

Historical Forms

  • Haggesgata, Haggesgate c.1175–89 YCh

Etymology

'Road of, or in, the clearing' v. hǫgg , gata . The district is still well-wooded.

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Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Early-attested site