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Bay Gate

Other OS name in the Parish of Great Mitton

Historical Forms

  • Baygaitt 1592 PRBlt
  • the bey gaite 1598 ib
  • Beagaite 1616 ib

Etymology

, 1771 M , Baygaitt 1592 PRBlt, the bey gaite 1598 ib, Beagaite 1616 ib , v. gata ' road ' ; the first el . is uncertain but it could be ME  bay ' an openingin a wall ' or l. ME  bay ' an obstacle ' , later ' a dam, embankment todivert a stream ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site