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.

The Lydiate

Early-attested site in the Parish of Neston

Historical Forms

  • le Lydegate 1350 Eyre
  • le Lydeyate 1354 ib
  • Lydiate House & Lydiate Lane 1831 Bry
  • Lydiate 1842 OS

Etymology

The Lydiate (109–318783), le Lydegate 1350Eyre , le Lydeyate 1354ib , Lydiate House & Lydiate Lane 1831 Bry, Lydiate 1842 OS (a hamlet here and in Willaston township), cf. Big Lidget & Little Lidget , Big Lidgets & Little Lidgets , Lidget , Lidgets 1845TA , the Great Liddiat & the Little Liddiat 1711 Sheaf, 'the swing-gate', v. hlid-geat, cf. 233infra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site