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.

Upgang

Early-attested site in the Parish of Whitby

Historical Forms

  • le Upgange 1540 Whitby

Etymology

'Road or path leading up (from the sea shore)' from OE  up and OE  gang (cf. gang in EDD).