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.

Peatgate

Other OS name in the Parish of Morland

Historical Forms

  • Peatgate(s) 1780,1789 PR
  • Piggates 1829 Dir

Etymology

, Peatgate (s )1780, 1789 PR, Piggates 1829 Dir , ' road on which peat was carried ' , v. pete , gata .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site