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Survey of English Place-Names

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Ferry Gate Bottom

Other OS name in the Parish of Somerby

Etymology

( lost ) , 1828 Bry ; this is close to High Street , the name of the ridgeway from Horncastle to Caistor , which becomes Middlegate Lane from Caistor to South Ferriby , so presumably Ferry Gate is ' the road to the ferry (at South Ferriby) ' , v. gata .