Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Corbriggate 1279 Ass 1314 Ipm

• Corbreke hett, Corbrek hett 1513 Derwent

• Corby gates, yeate 1632,1695 ib

Etymology

'The road to Corbridge,' v. gata . The following entry with reference to this road appears in Hodgson's History of Northumberland , vol. x, pp. 45–6: “The existence of a high road from the Alston mines might be inferred from more than one entry on the Pipe Rolls of Henry II recording the convoy of lead from these mines to Newcastle for shipment abroad. That it fell into the Carelgate or Newcastle and Carlisle highway at Corbridge seems proved by the fact that the homestead of Corbygates, a mile north-east of Alston, appears in 1314 under the name of Corbriggate . A direct mention of the road, as the road leading from Corbridge to Penrith, occurs in a Corbridge deed of 1453.” This deed refers to “Communa via a capite pontis ville de Corbrig usque ad Holepethe que est versus austrum, ac ab eadem villa usque ad villam de Hexsam, et ab eadem villa de Corbrig usque Penreth.”