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Survey of English Place-Names

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Middlegate Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Searby cum Owmby

Historical Forms

  • Middle gate 1661 Terrier
  • the Middell gate 1665 Terrier
  • ye midle gate 1671 Terrier
  • ye Middle Gate 1676 Terrier

Etymology

, Middle gate 1661Terrier , the Middell gate 1665Terrier , y e midle gate 1671Terrier , y e Middle Gate 1676Terrier ; the name of the ancient ridgeway from Caistor to South Ferriby , found in many parishes in the west of this Wapentake , cf. the same name in Bigby supra .