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.

Queensgate

Other OS name in the Parish of Beverley

Historical Forms

  • Quenegate 1435 HMC(Bev)
  • Queensgate 1673 BevRec

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Quenegate 1435 HMC(Bev), Queensgate 1673BevRec . v. gata . The first element may be OE  cwēn ' queen '