Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Bondegate 1279 Ass27 1292 QW 1351 SR

• Bondgat(h) 1327 Pat 1337 SR

• Bondesgath 1340 ib

• Bondgate 1540 TRMB 1615 PR(K)

• Bongate 1539 DRH 1598 PR(Wp) 1777 M

• Bongate Hall 1518–29 ECP

• Bongaythall 1573 FF

Etymology

Bongate Hall, Bondegate 1279Ass 27(p), 1292 QW, 1351SR , Bondgat (h )1327 Pat, 1337SR , Bondesgath 1340 ib, Bondgate 1540TRMB , 1615 PR(K), Bongate 1539DRH , 1598 PR(Wp)et freq to 1777 M, (Bongate Hall ) 1518–29 ECP, Bongaythall 1573FF . 'Street of the peasant land-owners or unfree tenants', v. bondi , gata , a common NCy p.n.; King John gave Robert de Veteripont 'Vetus Appilby ubi villani [presumably the bondi ] manent ' (NB 314).