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.

Leagate

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Lee yeat 1836 KCR

Etymology

, 1857OS , Lee yeat 1836KCR , v. lēah ' clearing ' , geat ' gate ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name