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.

Sowgate Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Ferry Fryston

Historical Forms

  • Sowgate 1841 TA

Etymology

, Sowgate 1841TA , possibly sūð , gata , from its position towards the south of the parish .