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.

Galgate

Other OS name in the Parish of Cliburn

Historical Forms

  • Gallow-gate 1704 Terr

Etymology

, Gallow-gate 1704 Terr , ' road to the gallows ' , v. galga , gata , cf. Galhou 1366 Clib 241 ' gallows hill ' ( v. haugr ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement