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.

Flowergate

Early-attested site in the Parish of Whitby

Historical Forms

  • Florun 1086 DB
  • Flore 1086 DB 1145–8 Whitby 1280 Ass
  • Floram 1133 Whitby 1314 NRS
  • Floregate 1313 Whitby

Etymology

'(At) the cow stalls' from ON  flórum (dat. plur.) or flóri (dat. sg.) of ON  flórr . v. gata . Cf. Skiplam 65supra , which is a name of the same significance.