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.

Bleagate

Early-attested site in the Parish of Alston

Historical Forms

  • Blagate 1279 Ass
  • Blagate 1513 Derwent
  • Blaygate 1631 ib
  • Bleagate 1636 ib
  • Blee Gate 1735 ib

Etymology

'Dark gate ,' v. blá(r).Gate in this district appears usually to have the northern and north- midland dialect sense 'pasturage,' 'the right or privilege of pasturage for cattle' (v. EDD s. v. gate ).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement