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.

Sneckyeat Plantation

Early-attested site in the Parish of Eaglesfield

Etymology

Sneckyeat Plantation (6″) contains the northern dialectal sneck , 'latch' and yeat from OE  geat, 'gate.' Sneckgate (6″) in Gosforth probably has the same meaning.

Places in the same Parish