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.

Redgate, Redgate Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Stephen

Historical Forms

  • Redegateclose 1425 BrStAcct
  • Readgaite 1597 FF

Etymology

( 1829 Dir ) , 1844TA , Redegateclose 1425BrStAcct 1d, Readgaite 1597FF , ' red road ' , v. rēad , gata .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site