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.

Priory Gate

Other OS name in the Parish of Ashton on Mersey

Historical Forms

  • Miry Gate 1831 Bry

Etymology

, 1860 White , Miry Gate 1831 Bry , ' muddy gateway ' , v. mýrr , - ig 3 , geat , cf. Barrow Mire infra ; the new name is a euphemism adopted from the artificial modern series Sale Priory and Priory Bank ( Priory 1842 OS , Priory Bank & Priory Cottage 1860 White ) .